THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.5117 of 2009 Date:07.07.2011 Between: Dr.D.S.Kothari College of Education, Krishna District and others ..... Petitioners AND The Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur .....Respondent Counsel for the Petitioners: Sri G.Vidyasagar Counsel for Respondent: Sri M.Srinivas The Court made the following: ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition itself is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “…to issue an order direction or writ particularly one in the nature of writ of MANDAMUS or any other appropriate writ declaring the proceedings No.ANU/Affil./Fee/Rates/2007-08 dated 10.09.2008 demanding infrastructure fee of Rs.1500/- per each student as illegal, arbitrary and without power or authority and oppose to Article 14 of the Constitution of India and pass other order or orders…” Sri Srinivas Mantha, learned standing counsel appearing for the respondent-University, stated that similar writ petitions were disposed of. The learned counsel for the petitioners, while accepting the submission of the learned standing counsel, placed before the Court a copy of order dated 08.02.2011 in W.P.No.27195 of 2007 and batch, wherein this Court allowed the writ petitions in the following terms: a) the writ petitions are allowed, setting aside the demand notices issued to the petitioners, on the ground that they are not based on any statute, ordinance or regulation, made under the A.P. Universities Act, 1991; b) it shall be open to the University to inquire as to whether the petitioners have collected any amount from the students, towards development fee/infrastructure fee, and if it emerges that the fee has been collected, the petitioners shall be under obligation to refund the same to the students, or pay it to the University; and c) if any statement made by the petitioners in this regard is found to be incorrect, that would, by itself, be a ground to deny the renewal of affiliation. Having regard to the above admitted position, this Writ Petition is allowed in terms of the above reproduced order. As a sequel to allowing the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.6689 of 2009 is disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 07th July, 2011 GHN