IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI Writ Petition No.13020 of 2003 Dated: December 27, 2006 Between: Shaik Mastan Bi, D/o. Khasim Saheb, aged about 19 years, Occ: Student, R/o. Kothapatnam, Prakasham District, and others. … Petitioners And Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, Education Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad, and others. … Respondents Order: This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondents in denying concessional bus-passes to the students of the fifth respondent-college on par with other recognized colleges is arbitrary and illegal. When the matter is taken up for consideration, it is brought to my notice that identical writ petitions with identical prayer were disposed of by this Court in W.P.No.28965 of 1997 and batch dated 15-03-1999 with directions as under: “Under the circumstances, the Writ Petitions are disposed of with a direction that the petitioners – students and similarly situate students shall be extended the benefit of scholarships for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes and they shall also be issued concessional bus and railway passes in accordance with their respective rules and regulations without reference to the stipulations made by the Intermediate Board in respect of these two benefits while granting recognition. If any applications are already pending before the authorities for extension of these benefits, the same shall be considered in accordance with the rules and regulations. Accordingly, the present writ petition is disposed of in terms of the above judgment. No order as to costs. __________________ JUSTICE G. ROHINI. December 27, 2006 MRR