IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 8341 of 2008 Between: The Government Recognition Schools Association, Regd. No. 679/86, Godavarikhani, Karimnagar District, Rep by its President P. Anja Reddy, s/o. Sri Malla Reddy, Aged 42 years, R/o. Govarikhani, Karimnagar, Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Educational Officer, Karimnagar, Karimnagar District. 2 The Deputy District Educational Officer, Peddapally, Karimnagar, Karimnagar District. 3 The Regional Joint Director, School Education, Hyderabad. 4 The Director of School Education, A.P. Hyderabad. 5 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Principal Secretary, School Education Department, AP Secretariat, Hyderabad. 6 The Management of Krishnaveni Talent School, Rep byits Correspondent / Administrator, Sri A. Mohan Rao, S/o. and Age: Not Known, Godavarikhan, Karimnagar District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the impugned inaction of the 1st and 2nd respondents in taking effective steps preventing the 6th respondent management in opending/starting the school at Maruthinagar, Godavarikhani, Karimnagar District as illegal, arbitrary and in violation of Statutory provisions under AP Education Act and the rules the rules issued there under and consequently direct the respondents to take all necessary steps as per the statutory provisions made available under Sec. 20 of the Act against the 6th respondent management and further not to grant any permission/recognition to the said management to start/establish any new school in the said area to grant Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.RAM REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR EDUCATION The Court made the following: ORAL ORDER: The petitioner is an association of schools recognized by the State under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Education Act, 1982 (for short ‘the Act’). It is aggrieved that the respondent Nos. 1 and 2 have not taken any effective steps in preventing the sixth respondent-management in commencing and starting operations of a school at Maruthinagar, Godavarikhani, Karimnagar district, even though no recognition for establishing an educational institution has been obtained by the sixth respondent in terms of the provisions of the Act. In support of the complaint in the writ petition, the petitioner has annexed a Xerox copy of an advertisement issued by the sixth respondent intimating that the institution would be inaugurated on the afternoon of 05-04-2008 and that public should come forward and reserve seats for their wards. The complaint of the petitioner is that though the fourth respondent has issued orders on 04-04-2008 to the Deputy Educational Officer, Peddapalli, Karimnagar district to stop the opening of the sixth respondent’s school at Godavarikhani on 05-04- 2008, no other action has been taken. The petitioner alleges that the sixth respondent is actively pursuing the commencement of its operations and is starting an unrecognized school with the official respondents abdicating their statutory responsibilities. The learned counsel for School Education after obtaining instructions from the respondents states before this Court that the respondents undertake to initiate action against the sixth respondent under Section 20 (4) and Section 22 (3) of the Act and that a show cause notice will be issued immediately. In the light of this statement made by the learned Government Pleader for School Education on behalf of respondent Nos. 1 to 5, no further orders in this writ petition are required. The writ petition is disposed of recording this undertaking given on behalf of the respondent Nos. 1 to 5 by the learned Government Pleader for School Education. No costs. ____________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J Dated: 02-05-2008 Pvks/*