IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.21636 of 2004 Between: Polaganti Gangadhara Rao S/o.Jagga Rao Aripaka, Sabbavaram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Govt. of A.P. rep. by its Secretary, Education (Higher) Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner and Director of School Education A.P.Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS 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 in the nature of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing the respondents to examine and pass orders on the representations submitted by petitioner and others regarding recognition by the Govt.,of A.P., of the Degrees awarded by Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Gandhi Vidya Mandir, Sardar Shahr, Rajasthan, through the Directorate of Distance Education, by declaring the action of the respondents in not passing orders on the representations of the petitioner and others as illegal and arbitrary. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.GOPAL RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court at the stage of admission made the following: ORDER: The grievance of the petitioner, in this writ petition, is that though he made a representation to the respondents on 05.05.2004 for recognition of his MA (Education) Degree, awarded by the Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Gandhi Vidya Mandir, Sardharshahr, Rajasthan, by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, they have not considered the same. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Higher Education. Both the counsels have agreed to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondents to consider the representation of the petitioner. Since the representation of the petitioner dated 5.5.2004 is pending before the respondents, without going into the merits of the matter, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondents to consider the representation of the petitioner dt 5-5-2004 and pass appropriate orders thereon, in accordance with law, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of at the stage of admission. No costs. _________________ (N.V. RAMANA, J) Date: 29.11.2004 Nsr/Tvk To 1 The Secretary, Education (Higher) Department, Govt. of A.P., Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner and Director of School Education A.P.Hyderabad. 3 Two CCs to GP for Higher Education, High Court of AP, Hyderabad (OUT) 4 Two CD copies. THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.21636 of 2004 Date: 29-11-2004