HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W. P. No. 17899 of 2009 DATED: 07.09.2009 Between: A1-Global Institute of Engineering & Technology ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The Convenor, EAMCET-2009 2. The A.P. State Council of Higher Education 3. The Officer of the Admission and Fee Regulatory 4. The Govt. A.P. rep. by its Principal Secretary 5. The Commissioner & Director of Technical Education .....RESPONDENT(S) O R D E R:- The petitioner, which is an Engineering College, was established after obtaining approval from the All India Council for Technical Education on 24.6.2009 with intake capacity of 240 seats. Thereafter, the College got affiliation from J.N.T.U., Kakinada. Later, the Government of A.P. vide G.O. Ms. No. 81, dated 24.07.2009, included the petitioner-college in the list of permitted colleges for making admissions. While so, the petitioner made application dated 15.08.2009 requesting the respondents to fill 100% seats (total 240 seats including Category-B seats on par with Category-A seats, without reference to the categorization. Now, it is the grievance of the petitioner that the respondents refused to fill seats under Category-B on par with Category-A seats on the ground that Category-B seats belong to Management Quota. Hence, the petitioner filed the present writ petition seeking appropriate directions. When the matter is taken up for admission, the learned Standing Counsel for A.P. State Council for Higher Education appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 3 submitted that the seats under Category-B are not filled up because they belong to management quota, and that whether or not to fill the said seats on par with Category-A seats, respondent Nos. 1 to 3, have to take a policy decision. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for A.P. State Council for Higher Education appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 3, the learned Government Pleader for Higher Education appearing for respondent No.4 and the learned Government Pleader for Technical Education appearing for respondent No. 5. Since Category-B seats are management quota seats, and having regard to the submission made by the learned Standing Counsel A.P. State Council for Higher Education that whether or not Category-B seats can be filled up on merit on par with Category-A seats, is a policy matter, which respondent Nos. 1 to 3 have to take, and no decision having been taken by respondent Nos. 1 to 3 on that aspect, I am of the considered opinion that no direction as prayed for by the petitioner can be given to the respondents to consider the representation of the petitioner made requesting to fill up Category-B seats on merit on par with Category-A seats, without reference to categorization. The writ petition is devoid of merit, and the same is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA, J 07.09.2009 bcj