IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO: 12279 of 2005 Between: 1 N.C.K.Educational Society, Kurnool, rep.by its Correspondent, D.Radhakrishna, S/o.D.Subbarayudu R/o.Kurnool 2 Mahaboob Primary School Committee Kurnool, rep.by its Correspondent, B.S.Mahaboob Basha R/o.D.No.9, Opp.Mahaboob Cinema Hall, Baneganapalli Kurnool 3 P.R.R. and K.R.S.R Educational Society, rep.by its Correspondent, G,.Uma Ranamma, W/o.Sudhakar Reddy R/o.C.Camp, Kurnool35 ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh rep by its Secretary, education Department at Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner and Director of School Education, 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 of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or writs, order or direction, declaring the action of the respondents in not passing any speaking orders pursuant to the hearing that has taken place on 11.1.2005 as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to forthwith pass appropriate orders on the applications of the petitioners for grant of No objection certificates for starting colleges imparting Telugu Pandit Training Course and Hindi Pandit Training Course Award costs. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.N.SRIDHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR EDUCATION The Court at the stage of admission made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioners aggrieved by the inaction of the first respondent in passing any orders, though as per the directions of this Court a personal hearing was given to the petitioners and in fact petitioners were heard on 11-01-2005. 2. The petitioners are the Educational Institutions, who have made their application for grant of ‘No Objection Certificate’ for establishment of Colleges to impart Telugu Pandit Training Course and Hindi Pandit Training Course at Mahabubnagar, Kadapa and Giddalur respectively. As no orders were passed granting ‘no objection certificate’ in favour of the petitioners, they have approached this Court earlier by filing a writ petition in W.P.No.6803 of 2004, which was disposed of by this Court on 08-04-2004 directing the first respondent to dispose of the representation of the petitioners for grant of ‘no objection certificate’. It is stated that in pursuance of the directions of this Court, the petitioners were given a notice of hearing and in fact was heard on 11-01-2005, but no orders have been passed by the first respondent. Hence, the present writ petition. 3. After hearing both sides, as no orders have been passed by the first respondent, it is appropriate to direct the first respondent to pass appropriate orders on the claims of the petitioners. 4. Accordingly, the first respondent is directed to pass appropriate orders on the claims of the petitioners expeditiously, preferably, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 5. The Writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. __________________ S.ANANDA REDDY, J 13th June, 2005 Note: Furnish C.C. within three days. B/o. SKM To 1 The Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Education Department at Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner and Director of School Education, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 3 Two C.Cs. to G.P. for Education, High Court Buildings, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 4 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MPL}