Hyderabad, May 5 -- The Telangana High Court on Monday, May 4, extended its interim orders staying a government rule that prevents private colleges from collecting fees from students belonging to SC, ST, BC, minority and differently-abled categories until reimbursements are credited.

The order came during the hearing of a batch of petitions filed by private colleges challenging government orders issued under the fee reimbursement scheme. Justice Juvvadi Sridevi heard the matter.

The state's special counsel, S Rahul Reddy, informed the court that additional time was needed to file a detailed counter affidavit, including data on pending fee reimbursements and provisions in the new Government Order (GO), including those for the 2025-26 aca...