APHC010082112026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3460] WEDNESDAY,THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY WRIT PETITION NO: 4672/2026 Between: Y Venkateswarlu and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. N SRIHARI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE 2. GP FOR FINANCE PLANNING The Court made the following: 2 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY W.P.No.4672 of 2026 O R DE R: The present Writ Petition is filed questioning the action of Respondent No.4 in not releasing financial assistance for studying in abroad under “Videshi Vidya Deevana Scheme’ for the year 2023-2024 as illegal and arbitrary. 2. The facts leading to this case are as follows: The Petitioner had applied for financial assistance under “Videshi Vidya Deevana Scheme’ for studying Master’s in Computer and Information Science Course at the NYU Tandon School of Information Science in United States of America for the academic year 2023-2024 vide Application ID No. 20230000119. After due verification, Respondent No.4 sanctioned an amount of Rs.56,11,032/- (Rupees Fifty Six Lakhs Eleven Thousand and thirty two rupees only) in favour of the Petitioner No.2 for pursuing the said course in United States of America. Thereafter, the Respondent Authorities released Rs.13,06,572 and Rs.18,22,740/- on 30.08.2023 and 11.01.2024 respectively by way of two installments. Though, the Petitioner No.2 had completed his Course, the remaining two instalments of financial assistance as promised to the Petitioner No.2 was not disbursed to him. Hence, the present Writ Petition is filed. 3. Considering the submissions, this Writ Petition is 3 disposed of, with the following directions:- (i) The Respondents are directed to examine the claim of the Petitioners within a period of six (06) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. (ii) In the event, the claim of the Petitioner No.2 is held to be in order, the Respondents are directed to release the amounts to the Petitioners within a further period of eight (08) weeks. (iii) There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Petition shall stand closed. __________________ NYAPATHY VIJAY, J Date: 18.02.2026 eha 4 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY WRIT PETITION NO:4672/2026 Dt. 18 .02.2026 eha