IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 20925 of 2009 Between: Rakoti Lakshmana Rao, S/o. Late Sanyasi, Being Minor Rep. by his brother Rakoti Aithayya, S/o. Late Sanyasi Aged 28 Years, R/o. Seetampeta Village, Kasipatnam Post, Anantagiri Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Rep. by its Registrar, J.N.T.U. Campus, Hyderabad. 2 The District Educational Officer, Visakhapatnam District. 3 The Mandal Education Officer, Anantagiri Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 4 The General Administration Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not allotting seat/admission into IIIT 2009-10 on the ground that Tribal Welfare Ashram High School, Chilakala Gedda, Anantagiri Mandal, Visakhapatnam District as residential (wrongly mentioned ) as illegal, arbitrary, un- constitutional and violative of Articles 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the 1st respondent to allot a seat/admission to the petitoner as per the marks secured in S.S.C. Examination by treating the Tribal Welfare Ashram High School, Chilakala Gedda, Anantagiri Mandal, Visakhapatnam District as government school Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.G.TUHIN KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR EDUCATION The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION No.20925 OF 2009 ORDER: Heard both sides. It is stated that the petitioner as well as two candidates were selected under the category of the Government Welfare Ashram High School and the petitioner got higher marks than the two persons selected, for which the petitioner gave a representation to the first respondent. In view of the above, the first respondent has to take an appropriate decision in accordance with the rules and regulations considering the fact that the two candidates who got selected belong to the same school of that of the petitioner and pass appropriate orders. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________ K.C. BHANU, J September 25, 2009 Note: Issue C.C. by tomorrow B/O. MD/HSD