The Telangana High Court has given a major verdict which has sent the waves through the state’s public service recruitment process. In a decision as a win for justice and transparency, the court has set aside the Group -1 main final mark list and general ranking list.

This article breaks everything necessary to learn about this important decision, its implications, and what comes forward for thousands of candidates of thousands of candidates.

What happened?

On Tuesday, September 9, 2025, Justice N. of Telangana High Court. Rajeshwar Rao issued a landmark verdict, in which Group -1 main examination results and general ranking list published in March 2025 were invalidated.

The decision came after a batch of 12 writ petitions, which were filed after the accused irregularity and lack of infection in the transition process. The court’s decision is a significant setback for the recruitment campaign for Telangana State Public Service Commission (TGPSC) and 563 government posts.

Why was the merit list canceled?

The court’s decision was based on several major concerns raised by the petitioners. These included allegations that the scripts written in Telugu were answered by non-telugu-speaking testers, making Telugu-Medium candidates a very low pass percentage compared to their English-medium counterparts.

Additionally, the candidates raised issues with lack of transparency, including the use of a moderation method that was not clearly mentioned and lacking proper biometric verification. These irregularities eventually motivated the court to conclude that the evaluation process was flawed.

What’s next for candidates?

he court has given two options to TGPSC: Manual revaluation: Commission has been manually directed to revaluate all answers