IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.13316 OF 2010 Between : Affiliated Private Junior College Managements Rep.by its General Secretary E.Ashok Reddy.... PETITIONER AND 1. Board of Intermediate Education. 2. The Govt.of Andhra Pradesh Rep.by its Principal Secretary to Govt. …RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.13316 OF 2010 ORDER: This Writ Petition has been filed by the Affiliated Private Junior College Managements Association, represented by General Secretary E.Ashok Reddy, assailing the action of the first respondent - Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh, Vidyabhavan, Hyderabad, in granting permission to establish new Private Un-aided Junior Colleges in Andhra Pradesh, in violation of norms prescribed in R.C.No.18/E2-3/2010-11, dated 18.03.2010. 2. The Board of Intermediate Education, Hyderabad - first respondent, issued notification dated 18.03.2010, inviting applications from the registered Educational Societies / Trusts for establishment of new private unaided Junior Colleges in the State of Andhra Pradesh, for the academic year 2010-2011. 3. It is the grievance of the petitioner society that certain Colleges have been established without obtaining permission from the first respondent – Board of Intermediate Education, and therefore, necessary direction is required to be issued to the first respondent to initiate appropriate action against those colleges. For better understanding the grievance of the petitioner, I deem it appropriate to refer para 5 of the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, which reads as follows: “Further the first respondent is giving sanction in areas where there is no notification at all. I submit that when the petitioner came to know about the same, he gave a representation to the first respondent on 08.06.2010 stating that even though there was no notification and no sanction is granted. I have given the names of six Colleges. Further on 07.06.2010 the MLA of Jammalamadugu has inaugurated a Junior College known as S.V.Junior College. In the said inaugural function several elected representatives as also the officials have participated. Further the local MLA has stated that the permission will be granted by Government. It is pertinent to submit that there was no notification for starting a new Junior College in Jammalamadugu. When the petitioner came to know about the same, the petitioner gave a representation to the first respondent on 10.06.2010 requesting the authorities to follow the rules. This is being done under political pressure and giving a go bye to the rules and regulations. I submit that respondents having framed the rules and having prescribed the norms to be fulfilled for sanction of private unaided Junior Colleges and having issued a notification cannot go beyond the same and selectively proceed to give the sanctions. I submit that there are several other places where such permissions are being given and the same is done, the member colleges of the petitioner Association would suffer irreparable loss and injury”. 4. When the writ petition came up for admission, Kum C.Sindhu Kumari, takes notice on behalf of first respondent and on instructions reports that no power has been granted to the college which has been notified. 5. Be that as it may, the representations are filed by the petitioner detailing the colleges which have been established without there being notification. The said representations dated 08.06.2010 and 10.06.2010, are stated to be pending. I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the first respondent-Board of Intermediate to consider the representations filed by the petitioner society and take appropriate action. 6. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J JUNE 22, 2010. YVL