THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN W.P. Nos.11007 AND 17500 of 2009 07-09-2009 BETWEEN; W.P.NO.11007 OF 2009 SrisailamRamesh ...Petitioner vs. The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by Secretary, School Education, Hyderabad and others …Respondents W.P.No.17500 of 2009 Anagha Education Society, rep. by its President V.N.Subhash Chandra Bose …Petitioner Vs. The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by Secretary, School Education, Hyderabad and others ..Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN W.P. Nos.11007 AND 17500 of 2009 ORAL COMMON ORDER: (Per GR,J) These writ petitions filed in public interest allege wide spread functioning of schools in Visakhapatnam District which have neither been permitted nor recognized under the provisions of A.P. Education Act,1982 ( for short “the Act”). On the petitioner’s (in W.P.No.11007 of 2009) requisition under the Right to Information Act,2005, the 3rd respondent by a communication dated 08.08.2007 intimated the existence and functioning of certain unrecognised schools within his jurisdiction. The 1st respondent has filed a counter-affidavit pursuant to the order of this Court dated 04-08-2009 admitting to the existence and operation of several unrecognised educational institutions in Visakhapatnam District which have neither been granted permission nor recognition. By the order dated 17-08-2009, this Court directed the respondents to ensure closure of unrecognised schools in the District and further to initiate prosecution of the managements which started these schools and are continuing to impart education therein. Eventually, as appears from the counter-affidavit filed by the Secretary to the School Education Department of the State Government, dated 05-09-2009, out of the 573 unrecognised schools in the several divisions of Visakhapatnam District, 572 schools were closed down while one has been accorded permission. The grievance asserted in W.P.No.11007 of 2009 thus no longer survives for adjudication. The writ petition is disposed of directing the official respondents to ensure that no school is permitted to function without grant of due permission under the relevant provisions of the Act and the appropriate Rules framed thereunder and after due verification that all the formalities enjoined by the relevant Rules for grant of permission or recognition are fulfilled. The learned Advocate General appearing for the official respondents also states that expeditious action would be taken to consider the several applications pending for grant of permission to start schools. In W.P.No.17500 of 2009 the substantive and subsisting grievance is with regard to the delay by the official respondents in considering the application of the petitioner-Educational Society for starting an educational institution notwithstanding the fact that the school was started under a Government policy. The learned Advocate General states that the petitioner’s application would be expeditiously considered and appropriate orders issued. In the light of this assertion on behalf of the official respondents, the grievance in this writ petition (W.P.No.17500 of 2009) does not subsist. With the observations and directions above, these writ petitions are disposed of. No order as to costs. ______________ GODA RAGHURAM,J __________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2009. TSNR