IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI BILAL NAZKI, THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE DR JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 9956 of 2005 Between: 1 Rousseau College of Education, Rep by its Corerspondent, P.Devender rao Sircilla. 2 Manjeera College of Education Rep by its Correspondent, T. Sudheer Reddy. Patancheru , Medak District.. 3 Siddartha College of Education Rep by its Correspondent, Sri.Krishna Murthy. Kavali Nellore District. 4 St.Mary College of Education, Rep by its Correspondent . Smt.Vijaya Vani. Butchireddipalem , Karimanagar District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The State of A.P., Rep by its Principal Secretary, School Education, Secretariat , Hyderabad. 2 The Principal Secretary, Minority Welfare Department, Secretariat Building , Hyderabad. 3 The Commissioner & 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 an appropriate writ more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the provisions in G.O.Ms.No.57 School Education, dt.21-3-2005 as being arbitrary and illegal, unconstitutional and Violative of Articles 14 and 30(1) Constitution of India and contrary to the ruling of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in T.M.A.Pai Foundation case and consequently permit the petitioners managements to make admissions in terms of GO.Ms.No.55 School Education, dt.20-3-2005 by determining minority status of the candidates as prescribed in G.O.rt.No.478 (Minority Welfare Dept.,) dt.27-12-2004 and issue such other writ or orders or direction. Counsel for the Petitioners : MRS.D.S.LAXMI Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION The Court at the admission stage made the following : ORDER : (Per Hon’ble Bilal Nazki, ACJ) It is submitted that the case is covered by the judgment of this Court in Writ Appeal No.928 of 2005 and batch. Therefore, this Writ Petition is disposed of in terms of the orders passed in Writ Appeal No.928 of 2005 and batch. ___________________ BILAL NAZKI, ACJ 29th April 2005. _____________________ Dr. G.YETHIRAJULU, J ajr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Principal Secretary, School Education, State of A.P., Secretariat , Hyderabad. 2 The Principal Secretary, Minority Welfare Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 3 The Commissioner & Director of School Education, A.P., Hyderabad. 4 Two C.Cs. to the GP for School Education, High Court of AP, Hyderabad (OUT). 5 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRR}