IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH::AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE KIRANMAYEE MANDAVA WRIT PETITION NO: 14972 OF 2025 Between: Centurion University of Technology and Management, Rep. by its Director (Regional), M.V. Jagan Mohan Rao, S/o M. Venkata Subba Rao, aged 65 years, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh ...Petitioner AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Special Chief Secretary, Health, Medical and Family Welfare Department Secretariat Buildings, Velagapudi, Nelapadu, Guntur District. 2. The Director of Medical Education, Old Govt General Hospital, Hanumanpet Vijayawada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. 3. The High Power Committee, Rep. by its Secretary, Old Govt General Hospital, Hanumanpet, Vijayawada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh ...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, order or direction, especially in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd and 3rd respondents in not issuing application for establishment of the one nursing collage to the petitioner after collecting (accepting) the prescribed application processing fee as arbitrary, illegal and in violation of the well settled principles of law and consequently direct the 2nd and 3rd respondents to issue application form to the petitioner which shall be processed by the authorities by making it clear that, the Government cannot collect the fee and deny the application form lA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances jjjgated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be to direct the 3rd respondent to issue application form for ’^i^^Blishment of nursing collage to the petitioner Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI K S MURTHY ASSOCIATES Counsel for the Respondents No.1 to 3: GP FOR MEDICAL AND HEALTH - i % . FW The Court made the following: Order APHC010299862025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3458] TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE KIRANMAYEE MANDAVA WRIT PETITION NO: 14972 of 2025 Between: ...Petitioner Centurion University Of Technology And Management AND ...Respondents The State of AP and others Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. K S Murthy Associates Counsel for the Respondents: 1.GP for Medical & Health The Court made the following order: Heard Sri K.S.Murthy, learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of M/s. K.S.Murthy Associates for the petitioner and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Medical and Health appearing for the respondents. nd The petitioner, an educational institution. It is stated that the 2 2. respondent issued notification dated 28.05.2025 inviting applications for establishing new private Nursing educational institutions. Pursuant to the same the petitioner, for obtaining the application forms remitted requisite fee of Rs.20,000/- through online on 16.06.2025, being the last date for issuance of applications. The payment was received by the respondents on 16.06.2025 2 KM,J W.P.No.l4972of2025 at 06:43:26 PM. However, the respondents refused to issue the application on the ground that the payment was remitted after the closure of office hours. Sri K.S. Murthy, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner 3. submits that the petitioner university has submitted the application in terms of the notification dated 28.05.2025 within the time specified, on 16.06.2025 which was the last date for issuance of the application forms. He argues that once the payment was received within the stipulated period, the respondents ought not to have refused to issue the application form. He further submits that the last date for submission of the application is 30.06.2025, prays for a direction to the respondents to issue the application form. On the other hand, the learned Assistant Government Pleader , for 4. Medical and Health appearing for the respondents contends that the payment was made on the last day i.e., 16.06.2025 at 06:43:26 PM after office working hours, and thus, the respondents have rightly refused to issue the application and petitioner is not entitled to any extension of time. Considered the submissions. It is not the case of the respondents that the petitioner made the payment after June, 16,2025, nor under the notification, any timings for 16.06.2025 have been specified. Having regard to the submissions made, this Court deems it appropriate to dispose of the writ 5. petition with a direction to the respondents to issue the application form to the petitioner pursuant to the fee remitted by it vide Challan No.91086864652025 dated 16.06.2025. The respondents shall issue the application form forthwith 3 KM,J W.P.No.14972 of 2025 to the petitioner, to enable the petitioner to submit the same within the stipulated time, i.e., 30.06.2025. The Writ Petition is disposed of with the above observations. There 6. shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, all pending miscellaneous applications shall stand closed. Sd/- SHAIK MOHD. RAFl assistant registrar //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER 1. The Special Chief Secretary, State of Andhra Pradesh, Health, Medical and Family Welfare Department Secretariat Buildings, Velagapudi, Nelapadu, Guntur District. [RPAD] 2. The Director of Medical Education, Old Govt General Hospital, Hanumanpet Vijayawada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. [RPAD] 3. The Secretary, High Power Committee, Old Govt General Hospital Hanumanpet, Vijayawada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh [RPAD] 4. One CC to SRI K S MURTHY ASSOCIATES Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to GP FOR MEDICAL AND HEALTH FW, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 6. Three CD Copies To, gsg HIGH COURT DATED: 24/06/2025 ORDER WP.No.14972 of 2025 g 2UUN 2025 ^ ^ . Current Section ^ •om DISPOSING THE WP WITHOUT COSTS