IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (SPECIAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER, TWO THOUSAND AND THREE : PRESENT : THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE: A. GOPAL REDDY W.P. No. 21922 of 2003 Between: Narayana Dental College, Nellore, Rep. by its Principal Sri Dr. C.D. Reddy, S/o. Late P.N. Reddy, R/o. Nellore Petitioner AND 1. State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary to the Government, Health, Medical and Family Welfare Department, Secretariat Building, Saifabad, Hyderabad 2. The NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada, rep. by its Registrar 3. The Vice Chancellor and Competent Authority, NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada 4. The Dental Council of India, rep. by its Secretary, Temple Lane, Kotla Road, New Delhi – 110 002. 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 a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus: a) By declaring the action of the NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada in not approving the admission of 12 students against category B seats in the petitioner College for the academic year 2003-04 as illegal; b) Consequently, direct the respondents to treat and regularise the admission of the said 12 students as legal and valid and permit them to prosecute MBBS Course from the academic session 2003-04 onwards; c) Refrain the respondents from giving effect to or acting upon the orders passed by the State government in their G.O.Ms.No. 574, Health, Medical and Family Welfare Department dated 22-9-2003 for the academic session 2003-04. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Mr. Nooty Rama Mohana Rao, Advocate for the Petitioner and of the G.P. for Health & Medical on behalf of Respondent No. 1 and of Smt. Y. Padmavathi, S.C. for Respondents 2 & 3 and of Mr. S. Niranjan Reddy, S.C. for C.G. or Respondent No.4, the Court made the following 2 ORDER: “ Post the writ petition for admission on 22-10-2003. Pending further orders, the proceedings issued by the N.T.R. University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada dated 16-10-2003, directing the petitioner-college to strike off the name of the candidates in the rolls of the college alone shall not be given effect to.” ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. The Principal Secretary to the Government, Health, Medical and Family Welfare Department, State of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat Building, Saifabad, Hyderabad 2. The Registrar, NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada, Krishna District 3. The Vice Chancellor and Competent Authority, NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada, Krishna District 4. The Secretary, Dental Council of India, Temple Lane, Kotla Road, New Delhi – 110002. (ADDRESSEES 1 TO 4 BY RPAD) 5. Two CCs to the G.P. for Health & Medical, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 6. One Spare Copy. MSR HIGH COURT DATE: 17-10-2003 ORDER W.P.No. 21922 of 2003 DIRECTION HIGH COURT DRAFTED BY: MSR DRAFTED ON: 18-10-2003 AGRJ DATE: 17- 10-2003 NOTE: POST THE WP FOR ADMISSION ON 22-10- 2003 ORDER W.P.No. 21922 of 2003 DIRECTION