The Government Of Andhra Pradesh, v. Midhushi College Of Elementary Education,

HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN AND HON'BLE SMT.JUSTICE T.RAJANI WRIT APPEAL No.586 of 2013 JUDGMENT: Per Hon'ble The Acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan) This appeal, under clause 15 of the Letters Patent, is preferred against the order passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.No.5279 of 2013 dated 20.03.2013. In a batch of writ petitions, i.e., W.P.No.4968 of 2013 and batch, the learned Single Judge held that, as interim orders were granted during 16.02.2013 to 26.02.2013 to include the name of the petitioner-institution, counseling was done till 08.02.2013 and admissions were given till 28.02.

2013; in the past, in similar matters, institutions were permitted to make spot admissions, and they were required to complete the number of working days by working extra hours on working days, on public holidays and also in summer vacation; and there was no valid reason why the Government should not extend the same benefit to the petitionerinstitution, more so, as huge investments had gone into in creating infrastructure by the petitioner-institution, and it would be unfair to ask them to wait for one more year. The Writ Petitions were allowed, and directions were issued to the 1st respondent to accord affiliation to the petitioner-institution to run D.Ed course to enable them to admit students for the academic year 2012-13.

When the matter came up on 03.06.2013, the Division Bench held that admission of students to respondent No.1 - college, and the completion of their course, shall be subject to the result of the Writ Appeal.

HACJ & TR, J W.A.No.586 of 2013 As the D.Ed course is only for a period of one year, and the order of the learned Single Judge directing grant of affiliation for the academic year 2012-13 would have resulted in the students, studying in the college, having completed their course more than four years ago, it is evident that the cause in the Writ Appeal does not survive necessitating any further adjudication by this Court.

The Writ Appeal is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. Suffice it to make it clear that we have not made any observations on merits, and dismissal of the writ appeal may not be construed as an affirmation of the order of the learned Single Judge. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions if any pending in the appeal stand closed. _____________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, ACJ ___________ T.RAJANI, J June 8, 2017 MRR