APHC010452492025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] TUESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.22969 OF 2025 Between: Advait Prashant Acharya ...PETITIONER AND Union of India and others ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. SUDEEPTHI POTLURI Counsel for the Respondents: 1. G.ARUN SHOWRI(CENTRAL GOVT. COUSEL) 2. TURAGA SAI SURYA The Court made the following ORDER: The present Writ Petition is filed seeking to declare the action of respondent Nos.2 and 3 in not allotting the seat of BS- MS (Dual Degree) Course offered to the petitioner in the offer letter dated 08.08.2025 and in not allowing him for further rounds of counseling for the said course as per his merit ranking obtained in IISER Aptitude Test-2025 (IAT 2025), as illegal and SRK, J WP No.22969 of 2025 2 arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to allot a seat in BS-MS (Dual Degree) as per his merit either in 2nd respondent herein or any other IISER as per his merit rank. 2. This Court, by an order dated 29.08.2025, directed the respondents to consider the candidature of the petitioner in the 6th round of counselling scheduled from 31.08.2025 to 02.09.2025 and it was made clear that the candidature of the petitioner shall be considered subject to the result of the Writ Petition. 3. Subsequently, learned counsel for the petitioner filed a memo dated 23.09.2025 before this Court stating that, pursuant to the said interim order, the petitioner was allowed to participate in the 6th round of counselling in IISER admission on 31.08.2025 and he was offered a seat for BS-MS (Dual Degree) Course in IISER, Bhopal. It is further stated that the petitioner accepted the said seat, completed the process of document verification and joined in IISER, Bhopal and started attending regular classes from 08.09.2025. In view of the same, he prays to close the Writ Petition, as no further orders are necessary in the Writ Petition. 4. Today, when the matter came up for hearing, learned counsel for the respondents submits that the subject matter of this Writ Petition is squarely covered by the common order dated 11.02.2026 passed by this Court in similar Writ Petition Nos.23687, 22769 and 23106 of 2025 and produced copy of said order, which reads as follows. SRK, J WP No.22969 of 2025 3 “12. Be that as it may, pursuant to the interim order of this Court, the petitioner was permitted to participate in the next round of counseling and in furtherance thereto, the petitioner had been admitted to an institute of his choice on the basis of his merit rank in entrance examination. It is further stated that the petitioner had completed one semester. At this stage, no purpose would be served in passing adverse orders against the petitioner nor the seat can be offered to any other as counseling process was concluded. Therefore, the Writ Petitions are closed. No order as to costs.” 5. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the Writ Petition is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous applications, if any, pending in this Writ Petition shall stand closed. ________________________ K. SREENIVASA REDDY, J. Date:10.03.2026 Nsr SRK, J WP No.22969 of 2025 4 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY Writ Petition No.22969 of 2025 Date:10.03.2026 Nsr