Andhra’s sports quota gets a 421-post paperwork workout
The TDP government says the Mega DSC process was transparent. Protests, court cases and unanswered demands suggest the paperwork has not finished defending itself.
The records sought in the sports-quota recruitment dispute remain unavailable in the material reviewed.
A 421-post teacher recruitment under Andhra Pradesh’s sports quota has produced protests, litigation and demands for a CBI probe — while the TDP government insists everything was “completely transparent”. The official notification says the posts were reserved under the three per cent meritorious-sportsperson quota, without a written examination. Applicants were to be selected on sporting achievement and government rules. [1]
The Andhra Pradesh High Court record confirms that a grievance committee was constituted on September 24, 2025, exclusively to consider complaints linked to Mega DSC appointments. A separate report said 335 petitions had been filed, including 69 concerning the sports quota; that case count has not been independently verified from the complete court list. [2]
The YSRCP has sought a CBI probe and Nara Lokesh’s resignation. Candidates have alleged changes to eligibility rules and irregularities in rankings and selection. Those allegations remain unproven. The government says the computer-based examination used encryption, restricted access and randomised papers, while the Sports Authority says every certificate was verified with the issuing authority. [3][4]
The TDP government has supplied assurances. The documents that would settle the argument — complete merit lists, appointment records and the grievance committee’s findings — are still not public in the material reviewed. Transparency, apparently, is also under verification.