IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 14719 of 2005 Between: Chinmay Chandramati College of Education, Devarkonda, Nalgonda District,rep by its Secretary and Correspondent, Mr. A. Sridhar Lakshman ..... PETITIONER AND Osmania University, Rep by its Registrar, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondent in not granting affiliation to the petitioner Institution is illegal, unjust, and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondent to grant affiliation to the petitioner Institution and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.N.SRIDHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent: MR.DEEPAK BHATTACHARJEE The Court at the stage of admission made the following O R D E R: This writ petition is filed by the petitioner complaining the inaction on the part of the respondent in granting affiliation with reference to starting of a B.Ed College. According to the petitioner, it had obtained permission from the NCTE for starting a B.Ed College at Devarkonda, Nalgonda District. Immediately after the NCTE granted permission, the petitioner made an application on 06-07-2005 to the respondent seeking affiliation. But, in view of the counseling that is going on with reference to the II-phase of admissions to B.Ed colleges, the petitioner has come up with the present writ petition apprehending that the respondent may not consider or reject the application of the petitioner for grant of affiliation as was done in similar cases, who has approached this Court by way of W.P.No.7878 of 2005, wherein this Court directed that there is no need to obtain any permission from the State Government and it is only the University, which has to grant affiliation on its own in accordance with the Rules. Therefore, learned counsel for the petitioner sought for a direction to the respondent-University to pass appropriate orders as to the affiliation within a period of one week. Learned counsel for the respondent-University, however, stated that the application was received only on 06-07-2005 and the University has to comply with certain formalities before considering the application for grant of affiliation such as inspection by deputing a team of officers etc., hence, it is represented that the University requires some time for considering the application of the petitioner. Heard both sides and considered the material on record. In view of urgency in the matter as the II-Phase of counseling has already been started and is going to be closed by 12-07-2005, it is appropriate to direct the respondent-University to expedite the matter and pass appropriate orders, in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period of ten days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ______________ 07-07-2005 Note: Issue C.C by tomorrow (b/o) vrn To 1. The Registrar, Osmania University, Hyderabad. 2. Two C.D copies.