Telangana high court permits diploma holder to go for DEECET counselling

HYDERABAD: Justice K Lakshman of the Telangana high court has directed education authorities to allow a diploma holder to participate in the ongoing Diploma in Elementary Education Common Entrance Test (DEECET)-2025 counselling process, observing that his qualification is equivalent to Intermediate.The judge pronounced this order after hearing a writ petition filed by Kampela Harish, a resident of Arunakka Nagar, Srirampur. The petitioner completed Diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2015 from the State Board of Technical Education and Training, Telangana. He had applied for admission into the two-year Diploma in Elementary Education and Pre-School Education courses through DEECET-2025 and secured 3,945 rank.However, during certificate verification, authorities denied him further participation, citing that he did not possess the mandatory Intermediate qualification. Harish had submitted a representation on June 18, 2025, seeking recognition of his diploma as equivalent to Intermediate, supported by a certificate dated June 16, 2025, from the deputy secretary (Academic), State Board of Technical Education and Training, and by GO Ms. No. 112 dated October 27, 2001.The high court noted that the diploma in question was indeed equivalent to 10+2, as confirmed by both the state board and the govt order. "Govt departments must speak in one voice and cannot contradict each other," the court observed.The judge directed the convenor of DEECET-2025 and the school education department to verify the petitioner's certificates and, if otherwise eligible, grant him admission without raising objections.