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Petition under Article 226 of lhe Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith' the High Court may be pleased to issue a,r 7 appropriate writ, order or direction rnore the nature of \y'/ri. r:f l,4andamus. pa.ticularly one tn a. Declarin: Sr:,r tion 20 of the Telangana Education l,ct 1 lg:l in the manner of its app icirt on by Respondent No. .1 in relation to Llre A CTE approvals granted r.c :. Section 10(1)(k) of the AICTE Act, i 9 _r7 as ultra vires, unconstil--ir ral ,and strike down the same for being viol: tive of Article 254 of the Cor-sl trrjion of lndia b Alternalir.tl , eacr down Section 20 of the Telanga.a [:cucation Act, 19g2 to hold hz)t t re said section could apply only in thr: rna rner of a prior educatio-itl ;rlrvey undertaken before the commenc:ment of the considerllioi Frrocess by the AICTE for fresh/renewal of rrpplications for the ensu rrrl r\;ademic year by bringing it in harmony lvl r r.guration 6.2 of AlcrE R.ru'; tions read with section i 0(i )(k) of t e Arorl: Act, 1987 as interpreto: :r., the Honble Supreme Court of lnd a i I Jaya Gokul Educatio -al t- ust v. Commr. and Secy. to Govt. Higher EC ucation Deptt., (2000) 5 [iC:; 231 which remains valid law and c. Declarinc :h,') !remo dated 23.0g.2024 bearing No. 143 o/TI::/A 21202411 as arbitrary, -nr.vfur. maricious in raw and unconstitutionar an r set aside the same an: fr rr her direct the Respondents herein to 1r€,at the petitioner lnstitutiorr --s ; varidry permitted, affiriated and appr,:vcc rnrtitution for the Academ r: t e:a'2024-25, for aI the courses of the 2rrd F,eriti )ner rnstitution including llre :crjusted intake in the course of B. Te,:h ()[]E as sanctioned '-', I rv the AICTE and the JNTU for the Ar;adernic year 2024-25 and appr.i. and pernit re petitioner rnstitution to fiI up the seats as rer the ArcrE permitted rn, a ke for the Academic year 2024_25 i,y directing the Respond<:-1s t ) either conduct a fresh mop_up round ot, r:orrnseling of the TGEAPCT:-- fo- the Academic year 2024_25 cr t)y I)ermitting the Petitioneri to li I up the seats through spot admissions. Counsel for the t)etitioners: SRI TARUN G.REDOY Counsel for the Respondent No.1 & 2: Gp FOR HIGHER EDUCA,TION COUNSEI fOr thE FIESPTNdENt NO.3: SRI PERI PRABHAKAR SC [:OR JNTU Counsel for the Respondent No'4: SRI MEHBOOB ALI' SG FOR AICTE Counsel for the Respondent No'5 & 6: Ms' C'VANI REDDY' SC FOR TGSCHE WRIT PETITION NO:2 3654 0 F 2024 Between:

1. Amartya Educational Society, Having office at.Flat No' 302' Kubera Towers' ' ij.'o. dJ""v, HvoerauaJ. nerj. ov itsilemuer lt/lr' M' Bhupati Rao 2. Anurag Engineering College, Anath.agiri. Village' Kodad Mandal' Nalgonda - iji;ii;i ned. nv its Aominisirdtive offic-er tr/lr' tr/ Bhupati Rao 3. tvtr. lvl. Bhupati Rao, S/o Arjun Rao, Aged 47 years Rl/o H No 4-12-1023 to 1 024, G reen r',,r"roo*i] eiiLtv''t"'ihi] %t'dthalip'ram' K' V Ra ngareddv' Telangana ...PETiTIONERS AND

1. 2 3 4 6 State of Telanqana, Rep by its - Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department. SeCretariat Buildings' Hyderabao Commissioner of Technical Education' Department of Technical Education' ;i;i;';ii;i;;q i"^, iid noor viJvi anawa n, Nampallv' Hvderabad' Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, Represented by its Registrar. All lndia Council for Technical Education' lndira Gandhi Sport Complex' LP' Estate, New Delhi.Rep by its Secretary' Telanqana State Council for Higher Education' 1st Floor' JNTU lvlasab Tank Camo-us. lvlahaveer r,rrrrg, Opdlltlla-niu"uiUotbitul' Masab Tank' Hvderabad Represented bY its Secretary' The Convenor, TG EAPCET 2024-25' G19u1d. Floor' lndustry^-Academy c"I"u-JrJiii'"t""to tr,qcci, iruiu, xut<itpattv' Telansana - 500 085' ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court maY be pleased to issue any appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus' a. Declaring Section 20 of the Telangana Education Act' 1982 in the manner of its application by Respgndent No' 1 in relation to the AICTE approvals granted under Section 1O(1Xk) of the AICTE Act' '1987 as ultra vires' uncon stitutional and StrikedownthesameforbeingviolativeofArticle254oftheConstitutionoflndia, ,-9 b. Alternatively' rr:z ri down section 20 of the Terangana Ecu rar on Act, 1982 to hold that the ;zrrct I ection could apply only in the mannr;r ,of a I,rior educational survey undert:r <e r trefore the commencement of the conriid.lr€ tion process by the AlcrE for f 'e::r- / renewar of apprications for the ensuirrg Ac ademic year by bringing it in hzr -'r,rr rv with regulation 6.2 of AlcrE Regulati,lns road rvith Section 10(1Xk) of the ,t l ; -= Act, 'l g87 as interpreted by the Honb e Supreme Court of lndia in Jaya llo ' r r Educationar rrust v. commr- and Sec,, ro Govt Higher Educatron Deptt., 2CrO0) 5 SCC 231 which remains valid lar,rr a rd. c Declaring the: l\,re rno dared 24.0g.2024 bearing No. l zilclT::/A 21202412 as arbitrary, unlarvlri rnaricious in raw and unco n stitutio na r ilnrr set aside the same and further dir:'t [- er Respondents herein to treat the p.titior er rnstitution as a validly permitte,d, ..rf-iriated and approved lnstitution for thr: h,:acJemic year 2024_ 25' for ar the r;r'.r;es of the 2nd petitioner rnstitution in:rudir,g the adjusted intake/increase rr ir'take rn the course of B. Tech csE. :rnc (;SE (ArML) as sanctioned anc irprrrcved by the ArcrE and the Sat for th. r,r:ademic year 2024- 25 and permit :n(r [)eritroner rnstitution to fiI up as per te service ArcrE permitted intako f,:)r the Academic year 2024-2s by dirr-,ctiorr F;respondents to street either con'JLril a fresh mop-up round of counsering or the r-GEApcET for the Academic '1ea' t-024-25 0r by permifting the petitioner:; t, f I up the seats through spot ac rrr s:; c ns. Counsel for th€ petil ioners: SRI TARUN G.REDDy Counsel for the fles;pondent No.1 & 2: Gp FOR HIcHER EDUC,,qTTON counsel for the Flespondent No.3: sRr pERr PRABHAKAFI, sc FoR JNTU Counsel for the Fleslrondent No.4: SRI MEHBOOB ALt, SC: FOR ATCTE counsel for the Flest,ondent No.S & 6: Ms. c.vANI REDD', sc FCR TGSCHE The Court made rhe following: COMMON ORDER I i ; I I i i : I i l HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.BHASKAR REDDY WRIT PETITION Nos. 2354L and 23654 of 2024 COMMON ORDER: When the matters are taken up for hearing, Sri Tarun G. Reddy, learned counsel lor the petitioners, has fairly submitted that the issues raised in these writ petitions have already been considered by this Court in W.P.No.23539 ol 2024 and Batch and those writ petitions were dismissed by this Court on 02.05.2025 and aggrieved by the same, the petitioners therern have filed writ appeals and the same are pending. ln vicw of the above submissions, foilowing the common order, clated 02.05.2025 passed by this Court in W.P.No.23539 of 2024 and batch, both these writ petitions are dismissed As a sequel, miscelianeous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. There shail be no order as to costs //TRUE COPY// SD/. T.TIRUMALA DEVI DEPUW REGISTRAR SECTION OFFICER To, 1 2 3 4 5 M- BSR . One CC to SRI TARUN G.REDDY, Advocate . One CC to tr/s. C.VANI REDDY, SC FOR TG SCH loPUCl One CC to SRI MEHBOOB ALl, SC FOR AICTE [OPUC] One CC to SRI PERI PRABHAKAR, SC FOR JNTU [OPUC] Two CCs to GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, High Court for the State ot Telanoana at Hvderabad [OUTI 6 T;; 6-Ca to AooL ADVoCATE GENERAL, Hish court for the state of 7. Two CD Copies Telangana at Hyderabad [OUT] ilfuF --- r. ;, .r....*.F . . ,,&t.rr HIGH COLIR.-T DATED:13rcil2025 COMMON OFIDER WP.Nos.235/.{ 266 23G54 of 2024 I CC TODAY ,c , ti(,' /"' /:i 1-_ HE STAT€ 13 JUN M C) ...- i c'( s p,: -i- DISMISSING BOTH THE WRIT PETITIONS, WITHOUT (]CSTS -\.r" ) \3 l l l i I I i I : I i i ; i I f f I I I I I I I I i ! i I I I I