Dismissing the challenge to the policy, the High Court said the State has the authority to create a separate admission channel for in-service doctors and decide the eligibility conditions for such admissions. Under the state quota, in-service doctors receive a 40% reservation. The September 2024 policy allowed that even without rendering two years of service in rural/remote areas in the state, government medical practitioners can also apply. "The object of the state policy is to provide better medical facilities to the common masses in the state. Hindustan Times has reported that the High Court also noted that the policy treats two categories of in-service doctors differently.