\ IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 14381 OF 2025 Between: 1. SV School of Pharmacy Rep by its Correspondent Sri. Sampati Venkata Subbaiah Narayanavaram, Nagari Road, Ippathangale Village, Puttur, Thirupathi District, Andhra Pradesh. Petitioner AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh Rep by its Special Chief Secretary, Department of Higher Education Secretariat, Tullur, Velagapudi, Guntur District. 2. The Director of Technical Education,Government of Andhra Pradesh Garudadri KK Towers, Lakshmi Narasimha Colony, Near NTR Vaidya Seva Trust, Mangalagiri, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. 3. State Board of Technical Education & Training Rep by its Secretary SVN Colony, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh - 522006. ...Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ more in the nature of Writ of w 4 Mandamus declaring the action on the part of 1st Respondent Government in not taking into consideration of the recommendations made by the 2nd Respondent Director of Technical Education vide e-file No. 2786969 and . issuing the No Objection Certificate in favour of the Petitioner enabling it to ,seek approval from the Pharmacy Council of India and affiliation before 04.06.2025, the timeline fixed by the 2nd Respondent as being arbitrary, illegal, unwarranted and violative of Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution of India and against the principles of natural justice and consequently direct the 1st Respondent to issue the No Objection Certificate and issue such other writ or order or direction as deemed fit and proper in the circumstances of case. lA NO, 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the 1st Respondent Government to issue the No Objection Certificate as per the recommendations of the 2nd Respondent Director of Technical Education, pending Writ Petition, in the interest of justice Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI VIJAY MUTHUKUMILLI Counsel for the Respondent Nos: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. The Court made the following order: APHC010284282025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3329] THURSDAY ,THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 14381/2025 Between: ...PETITIONER SV School of Pharmacy AND ...RESPONDENT(S) The State of Andhra Pradesh and others Counsel for the Petitioner: 1 .SRI VIJAY MATHUKUMILLI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1.GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court made the following: i 2 4 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 14381/2025 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief; “ pleased to issue an appropriate writ more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action on the part of 1^^ Respondent Government in not taking into consideration of the recommendations made by the 2"^ Respondent Director of Technical Education vide e- file No. 2786969 and issuing the No Objection Certificate in favour of the Petitioner enabling it to seek approval from the Pharmacy Council of India and affiliation before 04.06.2025, the timeline fixed by the 2 Respondent as being arbitrary, illegal, unwarranted and violative of Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution of India and against the principles of natural Justice and consequently direct the 1^‘ Respondent to issue the No Cbjection Certificate and issue such other writ or order or direction as deemed fit and proper in the circumstances of case ” nd Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant 2. Government Pleader appearing for the respondents. The claim of the petitioner is that even though the 2^^ respondent submitted his report dated 18.4.2025 for granting ‘NOC’ by the respondent to the petitioner institution for getting approval from the Pharmacy Counsel of India, affiliation for establishment of new Branch of Diploma in Pharmacy, but 3. 3 SO far, the 1®* respondent has not issued NOC to enable the petitioner getting further approval from the Pharmacy Counsel of India. Hence, the Writ Petition. On the other hand, learned Government Pleader for the respondents, submits that, pending writ petition, the 1®* respondent issued Memo bearing 4. No.2797609 /TE/2025, dated 26.06.2025, granting NOC to the petitioner’s institution for the academic year 2025-26 for granting new Branch of Diploma The relevant portion is extracted in Pharmacy in respect of 60 seats. hereunder: “2. The Director of Technical Education, A.P, Mangalagiri in the reference 2"^ cited above, has submitted the inspection report along with recommendations on feasibility for starting a new D. Pharmacy course in S.V School of Pharmacy, Puttur, Tirupathi District and the details are show in below table: Requested variation for the A. Y 2025-26 (Request) Recommended intake 2025- 2026 Name of the program/Branch/Course Sanctioned intake for the A. Y 2024-25 (existing) SI. No. 60 (NEW) 60 (NEW) 0 Diploma in Pharmacy 1 Government after careful examination of the matter, hereby accord permission to the Director of Technical Education, Andhra Pradesh, Mangalagiri, for issuign No Objection Certificate (NOC) to S.V School of Pharmacy, Puttur, Tirupathi District for starting a new D. Pharmacy course for the A. Y. 2025-26. ” 3. 4 Having considered the submissions of both the counsel and on perusal 5. of the written instructions of the respondents, it appears that the grievance of the petitioner i.e. for grant of ‘NOC’ is addressed by the 1®^ respondent and issued the same by way of ‘Memo’ dated 26.6.2025. In view of the redressal of the claim of the petitioner by the respondents, 6. no further orders are required to be passed in this writ petition. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of by observing the same as 7. mentioned above. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in the Writ Petition shall stand closed. SD/- K SRINIVASA RAJU ASSISTANT REGISTRAR (S^GN^FICER //TRUE COPY// SE To, 1. The Special Chief Secretary, Department of Higher Education. Secretariat, State of Andhra Pradesh, Velagapudi, Amaravathi 2. The Director of Technical Education,Government of Andhra Pradesh Garudadri KK Towers, Lakshmi Narasimha Colony, Near NTR Vaidya Seva Trust, Mangalagiri, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. 3. The Secretary, State Board of Technical Education & Training SVN Colony, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh - 522006. 4. One CC to Sri Vijay Mathukumilli, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to GP for Higher Education, High Court Of Andhra Pradesh. [OUT] 6. Three CD Copies ! HIGH COURT DATED:18/06/2025 ORDER WP.No.14381 of 2025 DISPOSING THE WP WITHOUT COSTS