IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.4262 of 2010 Between: Citizen High School, H.No.21-3-232, Panchi Barrack, Hyderabad – 500 002, rep. by its Principal, Secretary & Correspondent, Sir Mir Hasan Ali Khan, S/o.Md.Mumtazuddin Khan, aged about 59 years, Academician, R/o.Hyderabad. ..... Petitioner AND 1.The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, School Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and 3 others. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr.Abhinand Kumar Shavili Counsel for the Respondents: Asst. Govt. Pleader for School Education The Court made the following: Order: This Writ Petition is filed, by the petitioner-School, for a Mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.2, in returning the nominal rolls, OMR and ICR forms of its students, who are studying 10th class, as arbitrary and illegal. The petitioner also sought for directions to (i) respondent No.2, to accept the nominal rolls, OMR and ICR forms and issue examination hall tickets to its students to write the main and supplementary examinations, scheduled to be held in March, 2010 and May/June, 2010 respectively, and (ii) respondent No.3, to process the application forms of its students, without reference to the proposal for extension of its temporary recognition, pending before respondent No.3. Heard Sri Abhinand Kumar Shavili, learned Counsel for the petitioner-School, and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home appearing for the respondents. The petitioner-School, which was established in the year 1964, is being run on temporary recognition. The recognition granted till the academic year 2005-06 has not been extended subsequently. While, it is the case of the petitioner-School that its application for grant of recognition, pending with respondent No.3, is not being disposed of, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for School Education, on instructions, submitted that the said application is defective and therefore, the same is not being disposed of. It is an admitted fact that though temporary recognition has expired in the year 2007, the students of the petitioner-School are being permitted to appear for the 10th class examinations. If the petitioner’s application is defective, respondent No.3 should have rejected the same by giving reasons. Neither the application has been returned nor rejected. Pendency of the petitioner’s application for grant of recognition would, certainly, have raised legitimate expectations in the Institution and also the parents, whose wards are admitted in the petitioner- School. Therefore, I am of the view that interest of justice warrants a direction to respondent Nos.2 and 3 to permit the 10th class students of the petitioner-school to write the main and supplementary examinations scheduled to be held in March, 2010 and May/June, 2010 respectively, pending disposal of the petitioner’s application for recognition by respondent No.3. The Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.5509 of 2010, filed by the petitioner for interim relief, is disposed of as infructuous. ___________________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) 2nd March, 2010 lur