THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI MADAN B. LOKUR AND THE HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT APPEAL No. 1113 OF 2010 DATED:21-12-2011 Between: The Registrar, Osmania University, Hyderabad and another … Appellants And Mohd. Anwar and 11 others … Respondents THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI MADAN B. LOKUR AND THE HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT APPEAL No. 1113 OF 2010 JUDGMENT: (per the Hon’ble the Chief Justice Shri Madan B. Lokur) 1. The appellants are aggrieved by an order dated 10-11-2010 passed by a learned single Judge in WVMP No. 4799 of 2010 and WPMP No. 34821 of 2010 in WP No. 25700 of 2010. 2. The grievance of the writ petitioners was that entry into the LLB 5- Year Degree Course is restricted only to students who were below 20 years of age on the cut off date and belonging to the general category and 22 years of age for students belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes Category. 3. The appellants sought to justify its decision on the ground that the age limit was prescribed so that the entry of older students who take admission for hostel accommodation is avoided. 4. The learned single Judge did not accept the view canvassed by the appellants and stayed the restriction imposed. Feeling aggrieved, the appellants are now before us. 5. In our opinion, the reason advanced by the appellants can hardly be a ground for denying educational facilities to a student just because he happens to be over 20 years of age. In any case, we are not expressing any final opinion in the matter since the writ petition is still pending before the learned single Judge and a direction has been given to list the matter immediately after the Sankranthi Vacation of 2011. 6. We are not inclined to interfere with the interim order passed by the learned single Judge but leave it open to the appellants to approach the learned single Judge for hearing the writ petition on merits. 7. The writ appeal is disposed of. The interim application is also disposed of. MADAN B. LOKUR, CJ SANJAY KUMAR, J 21-12-2011 ks