IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 26367 of 2008 Between: 1 Rabindranath Tagore Educational Society, Plot No.218, Flat No.301, Willmount Apartment, West Maredpally, Secunderabad, rep. by its Secretary Mrs. Mothi Khan. 2 Rabindranath Tagore College of Education, Kummera (V), Chevella Mandal, Rangareddy District, rep. by its Correspondent Mrs. Mothi Khan. 3 Mrs. Mothi Khan. W/o. Khadar Khan R/o. 3rd Street, West Maredpally, Secunderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. By its Principal Secretary, Minority Welfare Department, Secretariat buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. By its Principal Secretary, School Education Department, Secretariat buildings, Hyderabad. 3 A.P. State Council of Higher Education, rep. by its Secretary, Masab Tank, Hyderabad. 4 Director of School Eduction, Govternment of A.P., Saifabad, 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 one more particularly in the nature of a "Writ of Mandamus" declaring the action of the respondents in non issue of minority recognition certificate by the 1st respondent and the action of the 1st respondent in not granting such recognition to the 2nd petitioner institution for M.Ed. Course as a minority Educational Institution as illegal, arbitrary, and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondent to grant such recognition and treat the 2nd petitioner Institution as a minority educational institution for all purposes including the grant of renewal and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.NIRANJAN REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 26367 of 2008 O R D E R: This writ petition is filed declaring the action of the respondents in not issuing the minority recognition certificate by the first respondent and the action of the first respondent in not granting such recognition to the second petitioner institution for M.Ed. course as a Minority Educational Institution as illegal and arbitrary. First petitioner is a society registered under the provisions of Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Public Societies Registration Act, 1350. In furtherance of its objectives, it established a Minority Educational Institution-second petitioner herein for imparting training in M.Ed. course. According to it, the second petitioner was approved by the NCTE, obtained permission from the Government and affiliation from the Osmania University. Though the petitioner was granted recognition as a Minority Educational Institution so far as B.Ed Course is concerned, despite all the approvals as stated supra, it is not recognized as a Minority Educational Institution so far as M.Ed. Course is concerned. Hence, the first petitioner gave an application on 16-09- 2008 requesting the authorities to consider and give necessary recognition so that it can proceed further with the commencement of courses by admitting students. However, no action has been initiated and hence, the petitioner approached this Court by way of present writ petition. Heard the learned counsel for both the parties and perused the material on record. From a perusal of the record, it appears that for every course, the second petitioner-Institution requires recognition as a Minority Education Institution. May be it is true that the recognition as a Minority Educational Institution for the purpose of B.Ed. courses is granted, but the second petitioner again requires another certificate recognizing as a Minority Educational Institution for the purpose of M.Ed.course. Now that the first petitioner has already given a representation on 16-09-2008 for grant of recognition, the respondents are hereby directed to consider the same and pass appropriate orders within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. _______________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA,J Date: 03-12-2008 KLP