TG ePASS Post-Matric Scholarship and Fee Reimbursement (Telangana ePASS)

What is the TG ePASS scholarship?

TG ePASS Scholarship, commonly written as Telangana ePASS or TS ePASS, is the single online system through which the Government of Telangana sanctions and disburses pre-matric and post-matric scholarships. According to the About Us page of telanganaepass.cgg.gov.in, online pre-matric and post-matric scholarship disbursement through the e-PASS application is described as one of the important welfare measures of the Government of Telangana, aimed at the educational upliftment of students, and was initiated by the Department of Backward Class Welfare.

The system is not a single scheme with one budget. TG ePASS is the delivery platform used in common by five welfare departments: Scheduled Castes Development, Tribal Welfare, Backward Classes Welfare, Minorities Welfare and Disabled Welfare. Each department retains its own income ceiling and its own budget, but a student applies once on the same portal and the application is routed to the department that matches the student's social category.

The e-PASS portal states that the system links all welfare departments, the treasury, colleges and banks so that scholarships can be disbursed electronically. That chain matters in practice: a student's money moves only after the college verifies attendance and bonafide status, the district welfare officer sanctions, and the treasury releases the payment to the student's Aadhaar-seeded bank account.

Two distinct benefits flow through TG ePASS for a post-matric student:

• Reimbursement of Tuition Fee (RTF), the notified tuition fee for the course, released to the institution.
• Maintenance Fee (MTF). A monthly maintenance or mess charge paid to the student, which the portal describes as "sanctioned every month as per the rates mentioned".

Who is eligible for the TG ePASS scholarship?

You can claim the scholarship if you are a Telangana student in one of these five welfare categories and your annual family income is within the ceiling published on the portal's Who are Eligible page:

Beyond the income test, the student must be a bonafide student of a recognised institution, must be studying a course and year that matches the admission record, and must have secured admission through the regular convener-led counselling route rather than management or spot quota.

You cannot apply, or your claim will not survive verification, if:

• You were admitted under management quota or spot quota. The e-PASS Reasons for Rejection page names this explicitly.
• Your family income exceeds the ceiling for your welfare department, or the income certificate does not support the figure entered online.
• You are not a bonafide student of the college you have named.
• You discontinued or were detained in the previous year and are applying for a renewal.
• You are claiming a scholarship for a same-level course, a second degree at the same level as one already funded is not supported.
• You have not submitted the caste or income certificate, or have not submitted the signed barcoded hard copy of the application through the college.

Note that eligibility is decided at two levels. The portal maintains separate lists of eligible courses and eligible colleges, so a course at an institution not recognised for e-PASS purposes will not attract a sanction even if the student personally meets every income and caste condition.

How much money does TG ePASS pay?

Maintenance Fee rates published on the Scholarships Offered page of telanganaepass.cgg.gov.in are fixed by course group and by whether the student stays in a College Attached Hostel (CAH) or is a day scholar (DS):

Reimbursement of Tuition Fee is separate from these amounts and is settled against the notified fee for the course, so a professional-course student typically receives far more value through RTF than through MTF. For BC students in particular, the Backward Classes Welfare Department page of the Telangana state portal records that central assistance received under the centrally sponsored post-matric scholarship scheme is clubbed with state funds and used together to sanction post-matric scholarships.

How to apply for the TG ePASS scholarship

1. Get your certificates first. Obtain an integrated caste certificate and a current income certificate from the Tahsildar through Meeseva. Applying without these is the most common cause of a rejected claim.
2. Open telanganaepass.cgg.gov.in and choose the post-matric or pre-matric link that matches your stage of study, then register with your Aadhaar-linked mobile number.
3. Fill the online application with your caste, income, course, year of study, college and bank details. Enter the course and year exactly as they appear on your admission letter: "incorrect course and year of study" is a listed rejection reason.
4. Enter a valid bank account. A nationalised bank account or an India Post Payments Bank account number is accepted, and the account must be in the student's own name.
5. Complete Aadhaar biometric authentication at a Meeseva centre. The e-PASS Time Line makes this a student responsibility and it cannot be skipped.
6. Print the barcoded application, sign it, and submit the hard copy to your college along with the caste certificate, income certificate, bonafide certificate and admission proof.
7. Let the college forward it. The principal verifies attendance, local or non-local status, bonafide status and regular or discontinued status, then submits the signed barcode hard copy with documents to the district welfare office.
8. Track the sanction using the "Know your application number" link on the portal, and follow up with the district welfare officer if the status does not move.

How to apply offline or with help

TG ePASS has no purely paper route, the application must originate online. What exists is assisted filing:

1. Visit any Meeseva centre and ask the operator to file the e-PASS application; Meeseva is also where the mandatory Aadhaar biometric authentication is done.
2. Ask your college scholarship section to file it. Most Telangana colleges run a help desk during the admission window because the college itself has to verify and forward every application.
3. If your application is stuck, approach the District Welfare Officer of the department that covers your category, SC Development, Tribal Welfare, Backward Classes Welfare, Minorities Welfare or Disabled Welfare.

What happens after you apply?

The e-PASS Time Line page sets out the responsibilities of each party, and it is worth knowing them because a delay is almost always sitting at one of these desks:

• Student: submit the application with documents at the college within 15 days of admission, and complete Aadhaar biometric authentication at Meeseva.
• College or principal: verify the application and forward it for biometric authentication; certify attendance, local or non-local status, bonafide status and whether the student is regular or discontinued; submit the signed barcode hard copy with documents to the district office; and submit utilisation certificates for sanctioned students to the district welfare officer within 15 days of the Reimbursement of Tuition Fee being credited.
• District officer: sanction and release the Maintenance Fee and the Reimbursement of Tuition Fee.

Because RTF is released to the institution and MTF to the student, it is normal for the two to arrive at different times. A student who sees the college fee adjusted but no maintenance money in the bank account has usually hit a bank seeding or account-name problem rather than a sanction problem.

How to check your TG ePASS status

1. Open telanganaepass.cgg.gov.in and use the Know your application number link if you have lost your application ID.
2. Log in with your application number and date of birth to see the current stage: college verification, biometric authentication, district sanction, or treasury release.
3. If the status is stuck at college verification, the file is with your principal, not with the government. Chase the college first.
4. If it is stuck after district sanction, check that your bank account number and IFSC are correct and that the account is active and Aadhaar-seeded.

Why TG ePASS applications get rejected, and how to fix them

The portal publishes nine standard rejection reasons. The practical fix for each is different:

• Not a bonafide student — get a fresh bonafide certificate from the college and ensure the college has actually verified you online.
• Incorrect caste or income details, the figures keyed online must match the Tahsildar's certificates exactly. Re-apply with corrected data in the next window.
• Non-submission of caste or income certificates: apply at Meeseva for both and resubmit through the college.
• Incorrect course and year of study. A common data-entry error; correct it through the college before the district office rejects the file.
• Non-submission of the hard copy of the application. The signed barcoded printout is compulsory; an online-only application will not be sanctioned.
• Admitted under management quota or spot quota, this is a substantive ineligibility, not a paperwork problem, and cannot be cured.
• Non-submission of required certificates; check the checklist the college gives you at admission.
• Discontinued or detained at renewal, renewal needs a regular promotion to the next year.
• Claiming scholarship for the same level of course, a second course at the same level as an already-funded one is not supported.

What are the key dates and windows?

The binding student deadline published on the portal is 15 days from the date of admission for submitting the application with documents at the college. The department-wise fresh and renewal windows for each academic year, along with any extensions, are notified on telanganaepass.cgg.gov.in, check the home page notices before assuming a window is still open. Colleges have their own downstream deadline: utilisation certificates for sanctioned students must reach the district welfare officer within 15 days of RTF being credited.

Where do you file a TG ePASS grievance?

• Technical helpline: 040-23120311 or 040-23120312, answered between 10:30 AM and 5:00 PM on working days.
• Email: help.telanganaepass@cgg.gov.in
• Online grievance: the ePASS Grievance Service at tgepass.cgg.gov.in/homeServicesGrievanceInterface
• In person: e-PASS Project Monitoring Unit, SPIU, Ground Floor, Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Sankshema Bhavan (DSS Bhavan), opposite Chacha Nehru Park, Masab Tank, Hyderabad.
• District level: the District Welfare Officer of your welfare department.

TG ePASS registration is free. No college, agent or middleman is authorised to charge a student a fee for filing an e-PASS application or for "getting the scholarship sanctioned", and no official will ask for your Aadhaar OTP.