Hyderabad, April 24 --  The Telangana High Court has ruled that degrees obtained through distance education study centres operating outside a university's home state are not valid qualifications for government jobs, dealing a blow to candidates who had enrolled with an Andhra Pradesh university through its centres located in Telangana.

The court held that if a university is set up under the laws of one state, it cannot run classes or study centres in another state, and any degree obtained through such centres cannot be used to apply for government posts.

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