Allow semester registration for students covered under Telangana ePASS without upfront fee payment: UoH protestors

Allow semester registration for students covered under Telangana ePASS without upfront fee payment: UoH protestors Published – August 20, 2026 05: 59 pm IST – HYDERABAD.

Key points

• The scholarship covers tuition and maintenance fees, with the scholarship amount being reimbursed by the administration through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).
• The dispute centres on the implementation of the State government's guidelines on post-matric scholarships.
• The organisations remarked hundreds of students depend on TS ePASS scholarships to pursue higher education at the university.

Students belonging to a number of organisations at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) continued their protest on Thursday (August 20, 2026) demanding that students covered under the Telangana ePASS scholarship scheme be allowed to complete semester registration without paying tuition and hostel fees upfront. 'Scholarship covers tuition and maintenance fees'.

"The scholarship covers tuition and maintenance fees, with the scholarship amount being reimbursed by the administration through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). Students who cannot afford to pay tuition and mess fees from their own pockets are being prevented from completing semester registration while waiting for the scholarship amount, " remarked a note from the students.

Notably, the protest was organised by the Ambedkar Students' Association (ASA), Bahujan Students' Front (BSF), Dalit Students' Union (DSU), Students' Federation of India (SFI) and Tribal Students' Forum (TSF). The organisations remarked hundreds of students depend on TS ePASS scholarships to pursue higher education at the university.

With August 20 set as the last date for semester registration and no concrete resolution from the university administration, they remarked the protest would continue until the problem is resolved.

Meanwhile, the dispute centres on the implementation of the State government's guidelines on post-matric scholarships. The students remarked Telangana issued G.O.Ms.No. 6 on September 6, 2024 for SC students and subsequently expanded the framework to ST, BC, EBC, minority and differently-abled students throughout post-matric courses from the 2026-27 academic year through G.O.Ms.No. 9 dated June 6.

"Under the DBT model, tuition and other eligible fees are to be paid by the student to the institution from the scholarship amount credited to the student's Aadhaar-seeded bank account, with the student required to remit the payment to the institution within seven working days of receiving the amount." the students remarked.

For context, the students have additionally sought implementation of the seven-working-day fee remittance window after the scholarship amount is credited to students' bank accounts, alignment of the semester registration schedule with the DBT disbursal timeline, and an immediate extension of the registration deadline.

For now, allow semester registration for students covered under Telangana ePASS without upfront fee remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.