IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH; AT HYDERABAD PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 5991 OF 2006 DATED: 24TH MARCH, 2006 Between Joseph Sriharsha & Mary Indraja Educational Society Rep. by its Secretary and Correspndent Rev. KVK Rao. And anr. …Petitioners and Acharya Nagarjuna Universty, Nagarjunanagar, Guntur, rep. by its Registrar and ors. ….Respondents. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 5991 OF 2006: ORDER: Heard Sri S.Sri Ram, learned Counsel for the petitioners, learned Government Pleader appearing for Respondents 2 to 4 and Sri P.Harinath Gupta, learned Counsel appearing for Respondent No.1. With the consent of the learned Counsel, the matter is taken up for final disposal at the admission stage. In this Writ Petition, the petitioner-Society has questioned the order of the first respondent dated 23-3-2006 in Proceedings No.ANU/Affil./S3/JSM1/Edn/2006, refusing to grant affiliation on the ground that the first petitioner-society has not submitted an order passed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh permitting it to establish the second petitioner-College. This Court in similar such cases has already held that permission from the Government is not necessary in view of the recognition granted by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE). In that view of the matter, the order of the first respondent dated 23-3-2006 passed in proceedings No. ANU/Affil./S3/JSM 1/Edn/2006 is set aside. The first respondent is directed to reconsider the application of the petitioner-Society afresh for grant of affiliation, without insisting on the permission from the Government of Andhra Pradesh and pass appropriate orders within one week from the date of receipt of this order. Subject to the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of at the admission stage. --------------------------------------- JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY DATED: 24-03-2006. CC by tomorrow (BO) Msnr.