Mother Theressa Educational Society v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD

FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA & THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIFTEEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.7422 of 2015 BETWEEN Mother Theressa Educational Society and others. ... PETITIONERS AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and others. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. P. PANDU RANGA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION MR. A. ABHISKHED REDDY The Court made the following:

ORDER:

Heard.

2. The issue involved in this writ petition is identical to the one considered

by this court in W.P.No.33341 of 2014 and batch dated 07.11.2014. In the present writ petition eight students admitted by the petitioner-institution under lateral entry category through the management quota was not approved by the convenor only on the ground that they belong to other state. List of such students of the petitioner-institution communicated to the convenor is produced at page 12 of the material papers.

3. Since the rejection on that ground was held to be not sustainable, this writ petition also be governed by the identical order as in the batch aforesaid.

4. Following the order in W.P.No.33341 of 2014 and batch dated 07.11.2014, this writ petition is also disposed of. Operative portion whereof, is as follows:

"In view of the same, these writ petitions are allowed in terms of W.P.No.32797 of 2014 and batch, dated 31.10.2014, which are as follows: "The impugned proceedings so far as they relate to rejection of candidature of students admitted by the petitioners respectively only on the ground that they belong to other states shall stand set aside subject to the condition that the admitted students are eligible for admission and qualified for that. The Convenor shall, therefore, reexamine the matter and pass appropriate orders expeditiously preferably within two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, in the light of directions of this Court, referred to above." As a sequel, the miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed. There shall be no order as to costs.

_____________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J March 23, 2015 Note: Furnish C.C. of the order today.

(B/o) DSK