Srinivasarao College of Pharmacy v. the State of Andhra Pradesh
Case brief
What is this about?
SRINIVASARAO COLLEGE OF PHARMACY (Visakhapatnam) v. State of Andhra Pradesh and others, Writ Petition No.18788 of 2025, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati (Special Original Jurisdiction), decided 16.10.2025 by K. Sreenivasa Reddy, J. Subject: pharmacy college admission counselling dispute; Pharmacy Council of India approval not granted for academic year 2025-26; exclusion from APEAPCET-2025 and APPGECET-2025 counselling by respondent Nos.3, 4 and 7; interim order dated 22.07.2025 permitting participation; petition ultimately closed as no further orders necessary; no order as to costs; constitutional grounds pleaded: Article 226, Articles 14 and 19(1)(g); no precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief adjudicated at final hearing. The writ petition was closed, with no order as to costs, upon counsel's submission that no further orders were necessary in view of the earlier interim order dated 22.07.2025 which had permitted the petitioner institution to take part in the APEAPCET-2025 and APPGECET-2025 counselling; miscellaneous applications, if any, were also closed.