Sailing champion gets MBBS seat under quota

HYDERABAD: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court, comprising Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili and Justice Namavarapu Rejeswar Rao, on Thursday directed the Sailing Federation and KNR University of Health Sciences to consider the participation in sailing competitions for admission into MBBS/BDS courses under the NCC cadets reserved quota.

 Sanjotha, a 19-year-old filed a writ plea seeking a direction to KNR University of Health Sciences and National Cadet Corps to consider the participation in National Adventure & Sailing Championship, 2021. It was observed that the state government came up with a policy of reservations for NCC earlier and given the same, the court observed that the petitioner must be given a seat based on the reserved NCC quota under GO Ms 75/2015.