Show cause notices issued to 196 medical shops after Statewide inspection drive uncovers violations

The Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) has issued amusement origin notices to 196 retail aesculapian shops crossed the State aft a peculiar inspection thrust conducted connected Monday (November 17, 2025) uncovered a scope of violations successful the merchantability and dispensing of medicines.

The inspections were carried retired to place irregularities successful retail pharmacy practices, peculiarly concerning the merchantability of Schedule H1 medicines specified arsenic higher-generation antibiotics and habit-forming drugs. Officials said the thrust aimed to guarantee that these high-risk medicines are sold strictly against valid prescriptions issued by registered aesculapian practitioners.

As portion of the checks, DCA teams examined whether pharmacies were maintaining mandatory records, including Schedule H1 registers, acquisition invoices and income bills. Inspectors besides verified if medicine medicines were being dispensed nether the supervision of registered pharmacists, arsenic required, and whether retail outlets were complying with revised GST slabs for assorted categories of medicines.

According to the DCA, galore of the 196 aesculapian shops were recovered dispensing Schedule H1 medicines without prescriptions, selling drugs successful the lack of qualified pharmacists, oregon failing to support statutory registers and bills. Several outlets were besides incapable to nutrient acquisition and income records for medicines stocked connected their premises.

“Show-cause notices person been served to each the erring aesculapian shops and further enactment volition beryllium taken successful accordance with the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, and the rules framed nether it,” said a release.