THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No.18034 OF 2011 ORDER: 1 The petitioner is an educational society, which has been duly registered in the name and style of Steel City Public School at Visakhapatnam. The petitioner has been running the school since 29.12.1985. The petitioner filed an application before the respondents for grant of recognition for the years 2009-10 to 2013- 14 and the petitioner was granted recognition for the year 2009-10 and thereafter since there was some land dispute between the petitioner and the Government, the petitioner was constrained to file Writ Petition No.374 of 2008 which stands admitted and an order of status-quo has been granted by this court. Now the petitioner is aggrieved by the action of the respondents in issuing notice dated 02.05.2011 through which the petitioner has been directed to close the school on or before 20.05.2011 failing which suitable action would be initiated as per the provisions of Section 20(4) of A.P. Education Act 1 of 1982 against the management of the school. 2 The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has filed a representation on 23.05.2011 before the 3rd respondent and the petitioner be permitted to continue to run the school till the representation is decided. He further submits that the respondents be directed to take a lenient view in the matter as the petitioner school has strength of more than 500 students studying in it. 3 After hearing the counsel for the parties, this Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the 4th respondent to consider the application dated 24.09.2009 and its representation dated 23.05.2011 expeditiously, preferably, within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. Till such time, the petitioner shall be permitted to continue to run the school. There shall be no order as to costs. ---------------------------- ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J 11.07.2011 Kvsn