APHC010529072026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI WRIT PETITION NO: 28815 of 2026 Bench Sr.No:-3 [3584] Yadavalli Ramakrishna and another ...Petitioners Vs. The State of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...Respondents ********** CORAM : THE CHIEF JUSTICE LISA GILL SRI JUSTICE CHALLA GUNARANJAN DATE : 6th October 2026 Present: Advocate for Petitioner(s) : Mr Tagore Yadav Yaragorla Advocate for Respondent(s) : GP for Medical, Health & FW, Ms T V Sridevi, Standing Counsel for Dr NTR University of Health Sciences LISA GILL, CJ: Petitioners have filed this writ petition, petitioner No.2 being the candidate and petitioner No.1, his father, with a grievance that respondent Nos.2 & 3 have disabled and deactivated web options in respect of all colleges of choice of petitioner No.2 upon him selecting college of his joining i.e., Guntur Medical College in his prioritized web options in Phase II of counseling for admission to the course of MBBS under Competent Authority Quota for the academic year 2026-27. Said action is stated to be contrary to 2 HCJ & CGR,J WP_28815_2026 Rule 6(ix)(b) & (c) of Andhra Pradesh Government Professional Institutions (Regulation of Admissions into Undergraduate Medical and Dental Professional Courses) Rules, 2004 as amended by G.O.Ms.No.102 dated 30.07.2026 and G.O.Rt.No.550 dated 30.07.2001. 2. It is submitted that the minute petitioner No.2 would enter Guntur Medical College, all other web options would be deactivated lending great prejudice to him and said action is in violation of G.O.Ms.No.102 dated 30.07.2026. 3. Learned counsel representing respondent University, at the outset, submitted that complete facts have not been mentioned in the petition and that there was no deactivation of web options for Phase II counselling; petitioner No.2 himself had deleted 17 options that he had filled in. Learned counsel produced log data of Phase II web options re petitioner No.2. 4. Learned counsel representing respondent University further refers to Notification for Phase II web based counselling and specifically to Clause 1 thereof, which reads as under: ‘1. The candidates who were allotted seat in Phase-I counseling and joined at the allotted college are eligible to exercise web options to slide/upgrade to better college according to their merit. The candidates are advised to exercise web options for only those colleges they consider better than the currently admitted college irrespective of vacancies. The present reported college will be the last option by default in green colour.’ 3 HCJ & CGR,J WP_28815_2026 5. Learned counsel for respondent University further refers to instructions to the candidates in aforesaid notification to the effect that candidates can exercise options for MBBS course in all the colleges in order of priority in which they are really interested to join irrespective of vacancies displayed so as to give chance to next meritorious candidates as per priority and that there is no limit to number of options; therefore, no cause of action arises to petitioners to file present writ petition. She further submits that second phase counselling is over, 2nd petitioner still has an option to participate in 3rd phase of counselling in accordance with prescribed rules as have been referred to above. It is reiterated that there is no deactivation of options available to petitioner No.2 as urged. 6. In view of the statement made by learned counsel for respondent University with reference to specific notification, learned counsel for petitioners submits that petitioner No.2 would exercise his options accordingly; present proceedings may thus be closed. 7. Proceedings in this writ petition are closed accordingly. No costs. Pending application(s) if any stand(s) disposed of accordingly. LISA GILL, CJ CHALLA GUNARANJAN, J Vjl Whether the order is Speaking/Reasoned : Yes / No Whether the order is Reportable : Yes / No