Published Sep 23, 2026 | 3:16 PM ⚊ Updated Sep 23, 2026 | 3:16 PM
Retired IAS officer Vijay Kumar and Medico Parents' Association President Dr. Venkateswarlu speaking to the media (Supplied)
Synopsis: Reiterating that GO 102 severely harmed BC, SC, ST, and minority students who secured top ranks, the association noted, “Despite objections being raised against the new GOs, counselling was conducted without necessary amendments, resulting in 70 students losing out in the Andhra University (AU) region during the first round of counselling alone.”
The Medico Parents’ Association has demanded the cancellation of Andhra Pradesh’s medical admissions counselling.
Retired IAS officer Vijay Kumar and Medico Parents’ Association President Dr. Venkateswarlu alleged that due to Government Order (GO) 102, meritorious SC, ST, BC, and minority candidates lost MBBS seats in the open category, accusing university and health department officials of deliberately issuing flawed GOs.
Reiterating that GO 102 severely harmed BC, SC, ST, and minority students who secured top ranks, the association noted, “Despite objections being raised against the new GOs, counselling was conducted without necessary amendments, resulting in 70 students losing out in the Andhra University (AU) region during the first round of counselling alone.”
Vijay Kumar pointed out that candidates who deserved medical seats in their preferred colleges under the open category failed to secure them.
He highlighted that in the second phase of counselling, a candidate ranked 73,705 obtained an MBBS seat in the open category, whereas 26 reserved category candidates with ranks better than that candidate were denied seats.
He questioned why the condition requiring students to opt for all colleges was omitted from the GO, alleging that it was drafted deliberately to deceive students, mislead them, and eliminate competition.
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Association President Dr. Ala Venkateswara Rao alleged that under the GO issued by the government, Meritorious Reserved Category (MRC) candidates were denied seats in the first round.
“Although authorities assured them that options could be modified later, candidates with good ranks did not secure seats in the second phase either.”
He also noted that the university announced students must select all colleges only after the first phase concluded, and students were not given any chance to exercise fresh options in the second round.
Dr. Ala alleged that the government undermined the established principle where a reserved candidate securing an open category seat via NEET rank opens up another reserved seat for another backward candidate.
When a BC-B candidate who did not get their preferred seat in phase one, missed out on an allotment, the university claimed it was because they had not selected all colleges. However, when the same candidate attempted to select all colleges in the second phase, the counselling portal server blocked them—an act he alleged was intentional.
He further cited the example of an applicant named Sai Karthik, whose attempt to select Andhra Medical College and Guntur Medical College in the second round was blocked because options did not appear on the screen.
He alleged university authorities acted willfully on directives from the government, misleading medical students and systematically depriving reserved category candidates of medical seats.
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He criticised the University Vice-Chancellor, health department officials, and Health Minister Satya Kumar for remaining passive spectators while grave injustice was being meted out to reserved category aspirants.
He questioned why GO 102 governing medical admissions was not amended despite repeated representations.
They demanded that the government orders issued in undivided Andhra Pradesh in 2001 be implemented in letter and spirit, and called for the immediate cancellation of the ongoing counselling. Retired IAS Vijay Kumar demanded that open category seats be filled strictly on open merit first, followed by the allotment of reserved category seats.
Dr. Ala alleged that in the second phase of counselling, 90 percent of open category medical seats went exclusively to upper-caste candidates, with only a single seat allotted to a reserved candidate.
Accusing the authorities of blocking reserved categories from competing in the open pool, they demanded that the entire counselling process be scrapped, re-conducted from scratch, and that all candidates be permitted to exercise options for all colleges.
(Edited by Sumavarsha, with inputs from Sarath B Chandra)
