Hyderabad: The Bar Council of Telangana, on Saturday formally enrolled 774 law graduates, of whom 737 took the professional oath, under the supervision of an Interim Enrolment Committee constituted by the Bar Council of India (BCI).
The committee comprised Samula Ram Reddy, chairman of the Bar Council of Telangana; vice-chairman Venkat Yadav Chalakani and BCI member G. Kiran Kumar representing Telangana.
The enrolment ceremony was conducted by the newly elected body of the Bar Council of Telangana, with the interim committee overseeing the administration of the professional oath to the new entrants to the legal profession.
Recruitment process cannot be reopened by the authorities without following the due procedure- HC
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court made it clear that authorities could not reopen a completed job recruitment process to correct their mistakes, once appointment letters were given to selected candidates. The court said that the authorities on their own could not cancel the appointment letters without following the due procedure to rectify the mistakes.
Justice K. Sarath was dealing with a petition filed by Sabavath Veena, challenging the proceedings of July 2025 through which her services as secondary grade teacher (SGT) of Mahbubnagar district were terminated, 10 months after her appointment. The ground for termination was merely to accommodate a higher-ranked candidate, who had subsequently been acquitted in a criminal case.
The authorities’ contention was that the higher ranked was acquitted in January 2025 by the trial court after the recruitment process was completed, following which he approached the department seeking appointment. Acting on his representation, and subsequent departmental directions, the authorities appointed him by terminating the services of Veena, who was selected through DSC-2024 under the ST category and joined duty on October 16, 2024.
Faulting the authorities, the court held that the mere registration of a criminal case was not, by itself, a ground to reject a candidate’s selection or appointment. At the same time, it made clear that the authorities could not reopen a completed recruitment process after more than 10 months and terminate an appointed candidate who had committed no fraud or other wrongdoing.
Justice Sarath observed that the authorities had not followed the prescribed procedure before terminating her services. They had neither issued a showcause notice nor given her an opportunity to explain her position before passing the termination order.
The judge concluded that the authorities could accommodate Vinod in an available vacancy. If no vacancy existed, they could create a supernumerary post rather than displace Veena, who had been appointed through the selection process and had been serving for more than 10 months.
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