Hyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court on Monday observed that the proposed move of the Telangana government to extend Financial Assistance to the Students of Telangana scheme only to students whose parents were residents of Telangana State on November 1, 1956, would encourage divisive tendencies.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta and Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar was dealing with petitions by Pitani Satyanarayana and Dokka Manikya Varaprasada Rao challenging the FAST scheme.