THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P.No.25007 OF 2009 ORDER: This writ petition has been instituted seeking a writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents 2 and 3 in not approving the admission of the petitioner, who is pursuing B.Tech in the 4th respondent college, on the ground that he belongs to some other State and not a resident of State of Andhra Pradesh, as bad in law. The case of this writ petitioner is that he was granted admission into B.Tech (Information Technology) Course under the Lateral Entry Scheme during the academic year 2009-10, against a supernumerary seat, but however, the A.P. State Council for Higher Education, has not approved his admission on the ground that he does not belong to the State of Andhra Pradesh, but to other States. A similar question has fallen for consideration of this Court in W.P.No.24581 of 2009 & batch and after an elaborate consideration, by judgment dated 20-11-2009, this Court allowed the writ petition holding that so long as the petitioners therein had acquired the necessary qualifications prescribed under the Rules for gaining entry into the Second Year Engineering Courses through the Lateral Entry Scheme, their admissions shall not be disapproved only on the ground that they belong to a different State. In view of this judgment, the action of the 2nd respondent – A.P. State Council for Higher Education, in not approving the admission of the writ petitioner, becomes clearly unsustainable. Hence, the writ petition is allowed. In case the writ petitioner possess the necessary qualifications, namely, Diploma qualification, his admission under the Lateral Entry Scheme into Second Year B.Tech Course, for the academic year 2009-10, be approved and he may be permitted to prosecute the course, provided he satisfies the necessary percentage of attendance and other requisite credentials. No costs. --------------------------------- Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J mrk 6th October 2010