THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.27056 of 2009 ORDER: Sri Venkateswara Ayurvedic College, the 5th respondent, is affiliated to Dr.N.T.R. University of Health Sciences, the 3rd respondent. During this academic year, Post-Graduate Ayurvedic Medical Courses, in six branches, were introduced with six seats, each course. Three seats, in each course, are earmarked for candidates sponsored by the Central Government. Out of the remaining three seats, 85% i.e. two seats, are reserved in favour of local candidates of Sri Venkateswara University area. Within this category, one seat, in each course, is reserved in favour of in-service candidates i.e. Ayurvedic Medical Practitioners, employed by the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam (for short ‘Devasthanam’), the 4th respondent. The petitioners are Ayurvedic Doctors, employed by the Devasthanam. Their grievance is that, though there are vacancies in the seats earmarked for employees, they have not been selected for admission. The 1st respondent i.e. the Government of Andhra Pradesh, filed counter-affidavit, stating that the petitioners do not fall into the local category, and as such, they are not entitled to be selected against the seats reserved in favour of local candidates of SV University area. Heard Sri T.S.Anand, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Medical and Health, learned Standing Counsel for the University and learned Standing Counsel for the Devasthanam. The seats, in each course, are very few, but reservations are many. The parameters for each category of reservation are different. This naturally led to certain complications in the admission process. It has already been mentioned that, in each course, of the Post- graduate, Ayurvedic Medicine, only three seats are available for the candidates from the State of Andhra Pradesh. The 5th respondent is a Non-State wide institution, as defined under the A.P. Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admissions) Order, 1974 (for short ‘the Presidential Order’). 85% of the available seats are to be reserved in favour of the candidates from the local area i.e. SV University area, and at least, one seat must be left unreserved. Therefore, two seats, out of the three seats, are to be reserved in favour of the local candidates from SV University area. The orders issued by the 1st respondent directed that one seat, in each course, in the SV University area, must be reserved in favour of in-service candidates. The petitioners are no doubt in-service candidates. However, they are not the local candidates of SV University area. They studied the qualifying examination from a different university area. Therefore, even if there existed vacancies under that category, they have to be filled by local candidates of the same area, though not in-service. Whenever a conflict arises between one particular category of reservation and the one under the Presidential Order, the latter must prevail. Not being local candidates of SV University area, the petitioners cannot claim right to be admitted into the course. Hence, the Writ Petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J. Dt.29-12-2009. GJ