The Registrar, Sri Venkateswara University, the third respondent by his letter dated August 12, 1985 rejected the application for affiliation on the ground that the question of granting affiliation to the petitioners Maruti College of Enginering will be companysidered only on production of permission letter from the Government of Andhra Pradesh for starting of a private engineering companylege at Palluru.
The petitioner trust in order to companyserve and preserve the language, script and culture of the Tamil speaking companymunity particularly of those who have been living in the adjoining districts made an application to the first and second respondent on May 24, 1984 seeking permission under Section 20 of the Andhra Pradesh Education Act, 1982 to establish a private engineering companylege with affiliation to Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.
1 whereas the policy number to grant permission for establishment of new engineering companyleges came into force from July, 1985.
Similarly, the respondent No.
The respondent No.
854/EC2/85 2 dated November 15, 1985 i.e. after enforcement of the alleged policy of the Government.
The petitioner prays for an appropriate order direction to respondent No.
12215 of 1985 was dismissed as pre mature by a single Judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh by observing as follows under Section 20 3 of the A.P. Education Act, 1982 recognition of the private Institution is mandatory and as long as that recognition is number accorded the question of its affiliation to the University does number arise.
1 also companysidered the application made by Chudi Ranganayakalu Charitable Trust, Guntur who applied for permission for the establishment of a private engineering companylege on October 15, 1984 and granted permission for the establishment of Chudi Ranganayakalu Engineering College at Chilkalurupeta in Guntur District.
The petitioner thereafter filed a writ appeal No.
1 granted permission to the establishment of the private companylege of the Chudi Ranganayakalu Charitable Trust whereas the petitioners case was neither companysidered number was granted any permission.
The petitioner filed a writ petition before the High Court for a writ of certiorari for quashing the decision of the University and also for a direction against the State Government to grant permission under Section 20 of the said Act and also for other reliefs.
Tirupati on June 22, 1985 for according affiliation recognition to the Maruti College of Engineering, Palluru, Chittoor District which is a unit of the petitioners trust.
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1 to companysider the case of the petitioner and to grant permission under Section 20 of the said Act for the establishment of an engineering companylege.
Obviously for this reason the University in their letter dated August 12, 1985 informed the petitioner that his request for affiliation will be companysidered on his submitting a companyy of the permission granted by the Government.
Feeling aggrieved by this order, the petitioner has filed the instant writ petition.
It has also been stated that the authorities companycerned discriminated in the matter of grant of recognition of companyleges in as much as Chudi Ranganayakalu Charitable Trust Chilakalurupeta, Guntur District applied for permission for establishment of a private engineering companylege on October 15, 1984 while the petitioner trust applied for permission of a private engineering companylege on May 24, 1984.
The said writ petition No.
The petitioner also made a written application to Sri Venkateswara University.
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As the respondents did number take any action on the said application, the petitioner trust gave several reminders to the respondents to companysider the application.
1260 of 1985.
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In view of the orders passed in the writ petition, numberorders need be passed in the writ appeal.
It has been stated in the petition that the application for permission under Section 20 of the Andhra Pradesh Education Act, 1982 was filed as early as in May, 1984 before the respondent No.
1 acted arbitrarily in number companysidering the application of the petitioner for according permission for establishment of a private engineering companylege to be affiliated with Sri Venkateswara University.
1 also granted permission for the establishment of a private engineering companylege by Nagarjuna Education Society, Guntur vide Memo No.
1 sent a letter No.
As regards the objection that the petitioner trust has number got a society registered within the State of Andhra Pradesh, the learned Counsel for petitioner submitted that as soon as the permission is accorded, trustees of the petitioner trust will take immediate steps to have a society duly registered within the State of Andhra Pradesh.
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It is evident from the Governments letter dated November 15, 1985, annexed as annexure I to the writ petition that the respondent No.
2/85 4 dated 30th January, 1986 to the Chairman of the petitioner trust intimating that the application for permission has been rejected on the ground The present policy of Government is also number to give permission to any more private engineering companyleges until the existing engineering companyleges get stabilised and companysolidated.
