TGHRC Orders Release of Students’ Certificates; Summons College Authorities in 2 Cases
TGHRC asks college authorities to appear before it on August 28
Hyderabad: The Telangana Human Rights Commission (TGHRC), chaired by Dr. Justice Shameem Akther, has passed significant directions in two separate cases concerning the illegal withholding of students’ original certificates by private colleges in Hyderabad.
In the first case, the Commission directed Gauthami Degree College in Balanagar to immediately return the original certificates and issue a Transfer Certificate to a BBA graduate, whose documents were withheld on the pretext of pending government scholarship reimbursement.
The Commission observed that retention of students’ certificates on such grounds violates the Right to Education under Article 21 of the Constitution and amounts to infringement of human rights. The Chairman and Principal of the college have been summoned to appear before the Commission on August 28 2025, while copies of the order have also been forwarded to the District Collector, Medchal-Malkajgiri, and the Telangana State Council of Higher Education for urgent compliance.
In a related matter, the Commission noted non-compliance of its earlier order dated August 21, 2025, wherein Sultan-ul-Uloom College of Pharmacy in Banjara Hills was directed to return the original certificates of 17 students.
On Monday, ten of the complainants submitted a representation to the Commission stating that the college authorities had not implemented the order. Considering the urgency, the Commission has directed issuance of summons to the Chairman and Principal of the college to appear before it on August 28, 2025, at 11 am for enquiry.
The Commission reiterated that withholding of students’ academic records amounts to denial of educational and career opportunities, besides violating their fundamental rights. It also reminded the concerned colleges of its earlier directives in similar cases, cautioning that non-compliance will attract serious action.
