IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 14875 of 1999 Between: The Teaching Staff Association of Sri Jayendra Sarswathi Degree College for Women, Rep. Secretary K.Tirupathaiah, Kurnool. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh., Rep. by its Secretary, Education Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner and Director of Higher Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 Sri Jayendra Sarswathi Degree College for Women Rep. by its Principal & Secretary, Kurnool. .....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 in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in not releasing the Granti-in-Aid to the 3rd respondent college as illegal, arbitrary, discretionary and against G.O.Ms.No.424, dt.19/9/85 and consequentially direct the 1st respondent forthwith issued orders sepciﬁcally admitting the speciﬁed posts of teaching and non-teaching staﬀ of the 3rd respondent college to Grant-in-Aid and release the funds from 1/9/85 based on the recommendations of the Regional joint Director of Higher education in Proceedings Rc.No.429/A3/99, dt.17/6/99 and pass. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.BADANA.BHASKARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No. 14875 of 1999 Order: This writ petition is ﬁled by the Teaching Staﬀ Association of the 3rd respondent-College, seeking directions by way of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not releasing the Grant-in-aid to the 3rd respondent-College, as illegal and contrary to the orders issued by the Government in G.O. Ms. No.424, dated 19th September, 1985. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the learned Government Pleader for Higher Education, appearing for the respondents, has produced a copy of Memo No. PSP-6500/C.E.II- 2/2003-3, dated 11.11.2005, issued by the Government, wherein the request made by the 3rd respondent-College for admission into Grant-in-aid was rejected. As much as the Government had already passed orders on 11.11.2005, rejecting the request made by the 3rd respondent- College for admission into Grant-in-aid, no relief as sought for by the petitioner in this writ petition can be granted. However, it is open for the petitioner to question the said rejection orders. The writ petition is devoid of merit and the same is accordingly dismissed. The order, dated 11.11.2005, shall form part of the record. No order as to costs. _____________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J. Date: 22.08.2008 Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Secretary, Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh., Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner and Director of Higher Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 The Principal & Secretary, Sri Jayendra Sarswathi Degree College for Women, Kurnool. 4.2CCs to 5.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{JCS}