IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction)

MONDAY ,THE FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FOUR

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE V.SUJATHA

WRIT PETITION NO: 28308/2015

Between:

Megavath Muniya, S/o M.baginia, ...PETITIONER

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AND

The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S)

Counsel for the Petitioner:

1.S CHALAPATHI RAO

Counsel for the Respondent(S):

1.GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (AP)

2.11850/B PARAMESWARA RAO(SC FOR DRAVIDIAN UNI)

3.M KOTESWARA RAO

The Court made the following:

ORDER:

This writ petition came to be filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following relief:-

"….to issue writ or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus by declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in not awarding the M.Phil (Library Science) to the petitioner in spite of successful completion of the course and having been declared passed in the results announced by the 2nd respondent university way back in the year 2011 as illegal arbitrary and void abinitio and violative of due procedures of law and violative of Article 14, 21 of Constitution of India besides violative of principles of natural and consequently direct the respondent No.2 to award M.Phil (Library Science) to the petitioner by following due procedure of law and to pass..."

2. On 15.09.2015, this Court granted the following interim order:-

"W.P.No.28308 of 2015

Rule nisi. Call for the records.

Notice returnable in four weeks.

W.P.M.P.No.36696 of 2015

There shall be interim direction to the second respondent to issue memorandum of marks to the petitioner with Hall ticket No.00109121010 by receiving the thesis for award of M.Phil degree, until further orders."

3. Heard the learned Government Pleader for Higher Education and Mr.M.Koteswara Rao, learned Standing Counsel for Dravidian University. There is no representation on behalf of the petitioner.

4. During hearing, learned Government Pleader for Higher Education as well as the learned Standing Counsel for Dravidian University would submit that the issue involved in this Writ Petition is squarely covered by earlier orders of this Court passed in W.P.No.23372 of 2021, dated 15.11.2023, wherein a learned single Judge of this Court passed a detailed Order. Operative portion of the said order reads as under:

"7. In view of the above facts and circumstances of the case, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the respondent No.2/ University to complete the process as resolved by the Executive Council of the respondent No.2/University in respect of scholars admitted prior to 11.07.2009, also, within a period of Three (03) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order"

5. In view of the same, for the reasons alike in the aforesaid order, this Writ Petition is also disposed of in terms of the order dated 15.11.2023 passed by this Court in W.P.No.23372 of 2021. There shall be no order as to costs.

6. Registry is directed to attach the copy of the order dated 15.11.2023 passed by this Court in W.P.No.23372 of 2021 to this order.

As a sequel, miscellaneous applications pending, if any, in the Writ Petition, shall also stand closed.

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JUSTICE V.SUJATHA

Date : 04th March, 2024 RKS