Hyderabad, July 14 -- The Supreme Court has dismissed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by 13 BTech graduates challenging a Telangana High Court judgment that declared them ineligible for recruitment to 474 posts of Mandal Planning and Statistical Officer (MPSO) and Assistant Statistical Officer (ASO) in the state.

A Bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Vijay Bishnoi passed the order on Monday, July 13, upholding the High Court's February 17 judgment.

The petitioners had qualified in the recruitment examination conducted on September 3, 2018, pursuant to a notification issued on June 2, 2018, and were shortlisted for certificate verification. They challenged their disqualification from the recruitment process, contending that the...