Jesus Savior Of Nations (Jetson) College Of Education, v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh,

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C. PRAVEEN KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.17512 OF 2017 ORDER:

This Writ Petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, came to be filed seeking issuance of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the third respondent in not issuing the affiliation to the petitioner for B.A., B.Ed., (integrated) programme of four years with annual intake of 50 students (1 unit) for the academic year 2017-2018, as illegal and arbitrary. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Education for respondents 1 and 2 and learned Standing counsel for respondent No.3. With their consent, the Writ Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission itself. Though various grounds are raised in the Writ Petition, the learned counsel for the petitioner restricts her prayer and seeks a direction to the 3rd respondent to consider the application made by the petitioner-College seeking affiliation, at the earliest. Learned Standing Counsel appearing for the third respondent submits that the third respondent may be directed to dispose of the representation submitted by the petitioner, if the same is still pending consideration.

Having regard to the above, without going into the merits of the case, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the third respondent to deal with the representation submitted by the petitioner seeking affiliation to the Course referred to above, if such representation is still pending consideration, in accordance with

law, as early as possible, preferably within a period of ten days from today.

Miscellaneous petitions pending in this writ petition, if any, shall stand closed.

________________________ C. PRAVEEN KUMAR, J 06.06.2017 sur