IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 15232 of 2008 Between: Affiliated Private Junior college,(Regn.No.10291/99) 5-8-58/6, II Floor, Gadwal Compound,Opp:Lakshmi Lodge Nampally Station Road, Hyderabad-500001 rep.by its General Secretary Dr.Suresh Kumari Gindi S/o.Late Late Gindi Muni Ratnam, aged 47 years ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Govt of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Principal Secretary Higher Education, AP Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Board of Intermediate Education, Nampally Hyderabad, rep.by its Secretary 3 The Director of Intermediate Education, Nampally Hyderabad .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not enhancing the tuition fee and special fee for the academic year 2008-09 and not referring the case for enhancement to the Judges Committees or Special Committees and not disposing the representation of the petitioner dated 9.7.2007 as arbitrary, and illegal, and consequently direct the respondents to enhance the tuition fee and special fee by referring to the Judges Committee or a separate committee. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.S.SATYAM REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court made the following : ORDER Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner seeks permission to correct the name of the petitioner as Affiliated Private Junior Colleges’ Management Association. Permission as sought for is accorded. This writ petition has been filed by the Affiliated Private Junior Colleges’ Management Association represented by its General Secretary with a prayer to issue Writ, Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of Government of Andhra Pradesh represented by its Principal Secretary- 1st respondent in not enhancing the tuition fee and special fee for the academic year 2008-2009, as arbitrary and illegal. When the writ petition came up for admission, learned standing counsel takes notice on behalf of 2nd and 3rd respondents. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned standing counsel appearing for the respondents. The petitioner is an affiliated Private Junior Colleges’ Management Association. It submitted a representation seeking enhancement of fee fixed by the Government. The representation of the petitioner remained un-attended. Hence, this writ petition invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents submits that the Commissioner, Intermediate Education is the competent authority to consider the representation with regard to enhancement of tuition fee and special fee for Intermediate Course and therefore, the petitioner-association has to submit representation to the Commissioner, Intermediate Education, Hyderabad. In that view of the matter, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the petitioner-association to submit representation to the Commissioner, Intermediate Education and thereupon, the Commissioner, Intermediate Education shall consider and dispose of the same in accordance with the provisions of law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably, within a period of four weeks. Writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. No costs. __________ 16-07-2008 Note: Issue CC by three days (B.O)rkk