APHCO10416312025 lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF AUGUS TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI DHIRAJ SINGH THAKuR THE HONOURABLE SRI JUAsNTPcE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI I WRIT PETITIONNO: 2enT-gi2Q2§ Between : s. saI' Jahnavi, D/Q.S. SrI'niVaSa Dora, Aged about 17 years, occ: student. ( R/o.FIatNo.G IO3. Block A. Om Shakthi Towers, Near Fort City School,100 ft RI'ng Road, Jammu, vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh-535002... Rep.,) by her Natural GuardI'an and next frl-end S.Srl-nl'vasa Dora. I I ...Petitioner 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its principal secretary, I Medical and Health Family Welfare Department, secretariat, / Velagapudl', Amaravathl-, Guntur District. I 2. Dr N T R university of Health Services, represented by i;Its vice Chancellor, viJ'ayaWada, Krishna DI-Strict. 3. the Registrar, Dr.N.T.R.university of Health Sciences, represented by I - its vice chancellor, v'ljayawada, Kr'lshna die.triCt. 4.- The Convenor, , MBBS/BDS-2025 C/o. Dr.N.T.R.University Of Health 1 [ §lciences. vijayawada, Kr'lshna Distr'ICt. •-LO The Director Of Public Health and Family Welfare, Gollapudi, Yijayawada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. 6. The National Medical Commission, Represented by the Directorate Of I iMedical Education, For the State of Andhra Pradesh, Old Government deneral hospital, Hanumanpet, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh - . 520003. ...Respondents I pdtition under Article 226 of the Constitutio.n Of India Praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the H'lgh Court may be I I pleased to 'lssue an appropriate order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action On Part Of the respondents No.2 to '4 in placing the Petitioner here'ln in the list Of Candidates Who have not I uploaded the'lr documents and thereby disqualifying the petitioner from I National Eligibility-Gum-Entrance Test (NEET- UG) 2025 counselling under competent Authority (Convenor) Quota for MBBS/BDS courses, eVenthOugh the petiltioner has submitted all the documents required and the same was ver'lfied;and acknowleged by the respondents No.2 tO 4, as illegal, arb'ltrary, __J2_ coloura le exercise of power apart from being v'lolative of the fundamental I r'lghts gJuaranteed to the Petitioner under Articles 14,16,19 and 21 Of the const'ItutiOn Of India and COnSequently direct the respondent Nos.2 to 4 to place the name of the petitioner in the Mer|lt List to be issued for the National Eligibility-Gum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) 2025 counselling under Competent Authority (convenor) Quota for MBBS/BDS courses and permit Participate in the said counseling. IANO: 1 OF 2025 disposal Qf the Writ petition. -O I ®- •- Petition under section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstancesIIstated in the affI'daVit fI'led in Support Of the Writ Petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the respondents No. 2 to 4 to permit the petitioner to participate in the counselling to be conducted under competent ATthorI-ty (convenor) Quota for MBBS/BDS) courses for the National Eligibility-cum- Entrance test (NEET-UG) 2025 by accepting the physical documents, pFnding rJ:-r`^^^l ^f +L`_ `^/_:I __ _|!JL: _ _ Counsel for the petitioner: SRI B. ABHAY SIDDHANTH MOOTHA APPEARING VICE' Ms, SANAKA IVIANASWI Counsel for the Respondent Mos.1 & 5 : GP FOR MED'lCAL HEALT ---i#i- FW Counsel for the Respondent Nos.2 to 4 : Mrs. TATA VENKATA SR SC FOR DR.NTR UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIE Counsel for the Respondent Nol6 : SRI S. VIVEK CHANDRA SEKH SC FOR NMC The Court made the following orcler: _UD a APHCO10416312O25 Eiffi lN THE LIIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH OAT AMARAVATI writ petition No: 21210 of 2__Q?i I S. Sai Jahnavi : vs.i I The Stat6 of Andhra Pradesh and Others : : ********** Advocate for Petitioner: Advocate for Respondent: Bench Sr.No:-14 [3483] ...Petitioner ...Respondents Mr. B. Abhay Siddhanth Mootha appearing vice Ms. Sanaka ManaSWi smt. T. V. Sridevi, SC for Dr. N.T.R. un-lversity, GP for Medical Health FW CORAM :THE CHIEF JUSTICE DHIRAJ SINGH THAKUR i SRI JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI DATE : 12thAugust,2025. I PC: I : Trie petitioner Claims that She had applied for admiSS'lOn into the I M.B.B.S land B.D.S| COurSeS under competent Authority (Convener) Quota for 1 the session 2025-2026. ln that regard the Petitioner Claims that not Only Was I the fee deposited but also the appl-lcatiOn form and the relevant documents. An ackn6wledgment, regard'lng the receipt of documents, is placed on record. I I 2. The petitioner Cla'lmS that despite having issued an acknowledgment, I which is ;received by the petitioner, regard'lng receipt of the application as also the documents, the impugned communication, dated 31.07.2025, has been I issued by the official respondents informing the petitioner that the applicat|lon •ri 2 HCJ&RCJ WP_2 EL210_2025 form and the documents whICh are required to accompany the sat-d appljcatlpn have not been received. I 3. Learned counsel for tlr`e respondent unjversI-ty States that, in fact, the documents have not been received by the university and assuming)I though denying that the contentI'On Of the petI-tiOner Was correct, the petI'tiQn rlot suffer in any manner on that account, jnasmuch as he would st['ll ---i--I- r would aVe an opportunity to submit the documents along wl-th the app[jcation form, after the I issuance of the provI'SiOnaI list, which is going to be published shortly and at I I tha{stage, the said documents and application can be uploaded. ll 4. Bethatas it may, GOnSjdering thestatemerl{ so made, we dI-SPOSt Of the I present writ petition with liberty to the petitioner to upload the applicai''oll and the relevant documents upon pub[I-CatiOn Of the provisic,hal list on {h6 c,ffjcjal websI'te Of the University. I No order as to costs. pending miscellaneous appII'CatiOnS, I|f any, I-n this Petition, Shall stand closed. //TRUE COPY// ASSiS-'r,ANT R I S[)/-NNAGAMM,A I To, R'A'ii' l! SEL`T'ON qFF!CEgR 1 The princl-pal secretary, Medical and Health Family Welfare Department, state of Andhra pradesh, secretariat, velagapudi, Amaravathl-, Guntur Distrl-ct. 2 The vice chancellor, Dr. N T R University of Health servI'CeS, vl-jayawada, Kr['shna DI-Strict. I 3. The vice chancellor, Registrar, Dr.N.T.R. UnI'VerSI-ty of health sciences, vl-J'ayawada, Krjshna Djstrl'ct. EH I 4. The COnVenOr, MBBS/BDS-2025 C/o. Dr.N.T.R. University Of Health sciences. vijayawada, Krishna district. 5. The Director Of Public Health and F-amily Welfare, Gollapudi, I yijayawada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. 6. The Directorate Of Medical Education, Nat-IOnal Medical Commission, , For the State of Andhra Pradesh, Old Government General Hospital, I HanumanPet, Vijayawada, Ahdhra PradeSh - 520003. 7. C)ne CC to Mrs. Sanaka ManaSWi, Advocate [OPUC] 8. Tdyo CCs to GP for Medical Health & FW High Court ofAndhra Pradesh ) I [OUT] 9. qne CC to Mrs. Tata Venkata Sr-ldevi, SC for Dr.NTR Un-lverS'lty Of Health Sciences [OPUC] 10.One CC tO Sri S. Vivek Chandra Sekhar, SC for NMC (OPUC) ll.+wo CD Copies cnr 'l I \ \\ `___`-I-.`-------.---._ -i :! I ``._ |_ f.r\ }| I+ I --?i,:¢.,.}i.1; .. `-`r`L.+, 9l . •.. ..i + , .' _-b''.i' -_:.g, i.:i . + | ~^ I.£,. -. '-gr' \ `_`-\`+ ``., r I I:_ (, +./_.i ` -u. '' `, j£ •. l` HIGH COURT DATED:12/08/2025 ORDER WP NO. 21210 OF 2025 DISPOSING OF THE W.P. WITHOUT COSTS \\ \\