In 2024, Telangana issued GO MS No. 1 directing all departments to buy school uniforms through handloom weavers. By 2026 the Education Department had bypassed it entirely. The High Court had to remind the government what its own orders are.
In March 2024, the Telangana government issued Government Order MS No. 1, directing all state departments to procure handloom fabric exclusively through the Telangana State Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society — a policy designed to protect the livelihoods of thousands of weavers who depend on institutional orders. By April 2026, the Education Department had issued fresh tenders to private firms for school uniforms, bypassing TGSCO without even obtaining the required non-availability certificate. School reopening was days away. Handloom weavers had received no orders. The Telangana High Court intervened, set aside the tender, and directed the government to follow the directive it had issued to itself. Students were left waiting for uniforms. The weavers were left waiting for the government to read a document the government wrote.