THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.17778 OF 2009 10th November 2009 Between: Nandula Sita Gowri Punnaga. …PETITIONER AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by the Secretary, Technical Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and three others. …RESPONDENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.17778 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner studied the Polytechnic Course. In the National Aptitude Test in Architecture conducted for the current year by the Council of Architecture, the petitioner secured 260th rank. She opted to be admitted in a College of Architecture of Andhra University. However, she was allotted a seat in Sri Venkateshwara College of Architecture, Hyderabad. The petitioner contends that she possesses NCC ‘C’ Certificate and with her merit, she ought to have been allotted a seat in the College of Architecture established by the Andhra University. The second respondent filed a counter affidavit. It is stated that 1% of the total number of seats are reserved in favour of NCC candidates and in the total number of 301 seats in the Architecture Colleges of Andhra Pradesh, three {3} seats are earmarked for that category. It is also stated that in view of the difficulty in distributing the three {3} seats among eight {8} Colleges of Architecture, it has been decided to allot them to colleges in each University area on turn basis and this time, the turn has gone to the colleges in the Osmania University local area. Head the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. The petitioner claims admission to a seat reserved for NCC Candidates. In view of the fact that three {3} seats are available as against eight {8} colleges, the respondents have decided to allot them on University area basis. No exception can be taken to such a course of action. The three {3} seats under the NCC category were allotted to the (1) JNAFAU School of Planning and Architecture, Hyderabad, (2) S.V. College of Architecture, Hyderabad and (3) C.S.I. Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad. Item Nos.2 and 3 are private institutions. The possibility of allotting the petitioner to a College at Visakhapatnam does not exist at all. The contention of the petitioner that she could have been allotted seat in JNAFAU School of Planning and Architecture, Hyderabad, is equally untenable, since her rank is far inferior. Viewed from any angle, the grievance of the petitioner cannot be said to be genuine. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. It is, however, made clear that in case any candidate with the same social status of the petitioner and from the same local area is allotted a seat, in any other category, with a rank inferior to that of the petitioner, the case of the petitioner shall also be considered. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ (L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J) 10th November 2009 RRB