IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 8847 of 2005 Between: 1 Al-Ameen Educational Society 7, Tombs Road, Nadeem Colony, Toli Chowki, rep., by its Secretary, Shahnaz Siddiqui. 2 Shahnaz College of Education, D.No. 3-44, Narsapur Village & Mandal, Medak District, rep., by its Correspondent, Shahanaz Siddiqui. 3 Shahnaz Siddique W/o. Mohd Khadeeruddin Siddiqui, R/o. Toli Chowki, Hyderabad-8. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Osmania University Rep. by its Vice-Chancellor, Hyderabad. 2 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, School Education, Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 3 Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education, 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, 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 2nd Petitioner institution, as being illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and contrary to the A.P. Universities Act and the Rules and Regulations made there under and the NCTE Act and consequently direct the 1st respondent to forthwith grant affiliation to the 2nd petitioner institution for the academic year 2004-2005 and treat the 2nd petitioner institution as an affiliated institution for all purposes. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.S.NIRANJAN REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.1 : Mr.Deepak Bhattacharjee Counsel for the Respondent No.2: GP FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION Counsel for the Respondent No.3 : Mr.Sudesh Anand The Court, at the stage of admission, made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed aggrieved by the alleged inaction on the part of the first respondent-Osmania University, Hyderabad, in considering the application made by the first petitioner for grant of affiliation to the second petitioner college for the academic year 2004-05 to start B.Ed., courses. The petitioners state that the second petitioner was granted no objection certificate from the State Government and thereafter recognition was also granted by the National Council for Teacher Education, and on the basis of the same the first petitioner made an application on 12.04.2005 requesting the first respondent- University to grant the affiliation to the second petitioner college. The grievance of the petitioners is that the first respondent failed to consider the application made by the first petitioner and no orders have been passed so far. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Standing counsel appearing for the first respondent-University, without expressing any opinion as to the entitlement of the petitioners for grant of affiliation to the second petitioner college sought by them, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the first respondent to consider the application of the first petitioner for grant of affiliation to the second petitioner and to pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of one week from the date of receipt of this order. No costs. ` __________ 20.04.2005 Note: Furnish C.C.,by tomorrow. (B/O) sh To 1 The Vice-Chancellor, Osmania University, Hyderabad. 2 The Principal Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, School Education, Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 3 Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education, Hyderabad. 4 Two C.Cs to the G.P. for School Education, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 5 2 CD copies.