APHC010579872025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3460] TUESDAY,THE TENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY WRIT PETITION NO: 29803/2025 Between: 1. SRI NAGARJUNA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY / CORRESPONDENT SRI VAKULABHARANAM RAMA PRASAD CHEKURUPADU VILLAGE, NAGULUPPALAPADU MANDAL, PRAKASAM DISTRICT - 523262 ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR. 2. ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION ALCTE, REPRESENTED BY ITS MEMBER SECRETARY NELSON MANDELA MARG, VASANT KUNJ, NEW DELHI - 110070. 3. ANDHRA KESARI UNIVERSITY, REPRESENTED BY ITS REGISTRAR ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT. 4. THE ANDHRA PRADESH HIGHER EDUCATION 2 REGULATORY AND MONITORING COMMISSION, GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH REP BY ITS MEMBER-SECRETARY 3RD FLOOR, SREE MAHENDRA ENCLAVE, NRI BLOCK (C-BLOCK). NH-16, TADEPALLI, GUNTUR DISTRICT - 522501 ...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 a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, Order, or Direction declaring the action of the 4TH Respondent, A.P. Higher Education Regulatory and Monitoring Commission (APHERMC) in refusing to determine and notify the fee structure for the Petitioner Institution for the Academic Year 2025-26 as illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory, contrary to the provisions of the A.P. Higher Education Regulatory and Monitoring Commission Act, 2019 and the Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Prohibition of Capitation Fee) Act, 1983, and violative of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the 1ST and 4THRespondents to forthwith determine and notify the fee structure of the Petitioner Institution and pass such other or further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case, including such directions as may be necessary to ensure that the Petitioner Institution is not prejudiced in participating in the admission process and collecting the prescribed fee as determined under law in the interest of justice. 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 to direct the Respondents 1 and 4 to determine and notify the fee structure for the Petitioner Institution for the Academic Year 2025-26, enabling the institution to participate in the admission process 3 and collect fees from students, subject to final adjudication of this writ petition and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. SRI VIJAY MATHUKUMILLI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION 2. VIVEKANANDA VIRUPAKSHA The Court made the following: 4 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY W.P.No.29803 of 2025 ORDER: Learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that in view of further developments, the cause in the writ petition does not survive. 2. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. As a sequel, the miscellaneous petitions if any shall stand dismissed. ___________________ NYAPATHY VIJAY, J Date: 10.02.2026 KLP