1 APHC010371262025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] THURSDAY, THE 24th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO: 19086/2025 Between: 1. AUDISANKARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, REP BY ITS CORRESPONDENT SRI. VENKI PENCHALAIAH RAMANNAPALEM, NORTH RAJUPALEM VILLAGE, KODAVALURU MANDAL, NELLORE DISTRICT ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS SPECIAL CHIEF SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION SECRETARIAT, TULLUR, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH 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 ANDHRA PRADESH STATE COUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH REP BY ITS SECRETARY NEELADRI TOWERS, 6TH BATTALIAN ROAD, MANGALAGIRI, ANDHRA PRADESH 522503 4. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, REP BY ITS REGISTRAR ANANTHAPUR, (JNTUA) ANANTHAPURAMU DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH 5. THE CONVENOR, APEAPCET-2025 ADMISSIONS, D.NO.11-307, GARUDADRI KK TOWERS FLAT.NO.501,5THFLOOR, LAKSHMI 2 NARASIMHA COLONY BYPASS ROAD, NEAR DR. YSR AAROGYASRI HEALTHCARE TRUST MANGALAGIRI, GUNTUR DISTRICT-522 503. 6. ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION, REPRESENTING BY ITS MEMBER - SECRETARY NELSON MANDELA MARG, VASANTH KUNG, NEW DELHI - 110070 ...RESPONDENT(S): 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 topleased to issue an appropriate writ more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the impugned GO vide GO RT No. 130, Higher Education (EC) Department, dated. 13-07-2025 issued by the 1st Respondent on the instance of 4th Respondent University, whereby and whereunder the Respondents reduced the intake capacity of the St Petitioner-Institution to a tune of 60 seats for the courses of CSE (Computer Science and Engineering), CSE (Al and ML) (Computer Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning )), CSE (Al) (Computer Science And Engineering (Artificial Intelligence)), ECE (Electronics and Communication Engineering) and 90 seats in CSE-DS (Computer Science And Engineering (Data Science)) contrary to the allotment made by the 6th Respondent, Apex Body i.e. AlCTE and further the 5th Respondent basing on the impugned GO, disclosed the reduced strength on the web portal for the academic year 2025-26 in the ongoing APEAPCET- 2025 counselling which commenced from 13.07.2025 as being arbitrary, illegal, unwarranted and violative of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India against principles of natural justice and consequently set aside the same to the extent of the Petitioner institution and issue IA 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 pleased to suspend the impugned GO Vide GO RT No. 130, Higher Education (EC) Department, dated: 13-07- 2025 to the extent of the Petitioner institution and to issue a revised order duly disclosing the actual intake capacity as granted by the Apex Body i.e. AlCTE vide orders dated: 05-04- 2025, pending Writ Petition, in the interest of justice and pass IA NO: 2 OF 2025 3 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 pleased to direct the Respondent Nos. 3 to 5 to disclose the intake capacity in the APEAPCET-2025 counselling through the web-portal for the academic year 2025-26 as approved by the 6th Respondent, apex body pending Writ Petition, in the interest of justice and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. SRI VIJAY MATHUKUMILLI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION 2. D KRISHNA SC FOR JNTU ANANTHAPURAMU 3. K RADHIKA 4 The Court made the following Order: In pursuance of compliance with the interim orders, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that no further orders are required to be passed. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is closed. ____________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N 24.09.2026 RJS/GCD 5 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO:19086 of 2025 Dt: 24.09.2026 RJS/GCD