Lords Educational Society, v. The State Of Telangana

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION No. 14507 of 2015 ORDER:

This Writ Petition is filed seeking issuance of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 3rd respondent in not approving and ratifying the list of out of state students admitted to the 2nd petitioner institution in B.Tech Course for the academic year 2014-15 and listed in Annexure P-1, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently to direct the 3rd respondent to forthwith ratify and approve the said admission of students filled with out of state students in the 2nd petitioner institution under the left over vacant seats (spot admissions) category listed in Annexure P-1 and treat the said admissions as valid for all purposes. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners; learned standing counsel for higher education; and Mr.A.Abhishek Reddy, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.3.

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 also the list of students admitted by the petitionersinstitution under lateral entry category through the management quota was not approved by the Convenor only on the ground that they belong to other state. 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. 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, re-examine 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.

______________________ JUSTICE K.C. BHANU Date: 21.05.2015 Gvl