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Pudi Chaitanya, S/o. Pudi Sai Shankar, v. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.

Andhra Pradesh HC6 Jan 2026WP/12175/2015

Case brief

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What is this about?

Writ petition dismissed as infructuous; Pudi Chaitanya v. State of Andhra Pradesh (Department of Social Welfare); caste certificate Beda Jangam SC category; Certificate No.117/08; Tahsildar Kasimkota Mandal Visakhapatnam; EAMCET-2015 Medical Stream admission; writ of mandamus; efflux of time; no order as to costs; miscellaneous applications closed; single-judge order by K. Sreenivasa Reddy, J.; High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati; W.P. No.12175 of 2015.

What did the court decide?

None - Writ Petition dismissed as infructuous with no order as to costs; pending miscellaneous applications ordered closed as sequel. ¶27

Pudi Chaitanya, S/o. Pudi Sai Shankar, Vs The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. — Andhra Pradesh HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

None - Writ Petition dismissed as infructuous with no order as to costs; pending miscellaneous applications ordered closed as sequel.

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Issue for consideration

Whether the action of the respondents in not considering the petitioner Pudi Chaitanya's caste certificate (Beda Jangam, SC category, Certificate No.117/08 issued by the Tahsildar, Kasimkota Mandal, Visakhapatnam) for admission into Medicine and Engineering courses in EAMCET-2015 (Medical Stream) is illegal, arbitrary and unjust, warranting a Writ of Mandamus directing consideration of his candidature in the SC category. +1 more

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Ratio / Principle

Recording learned counsel for the petitioner's submission that, due to efflux of time, the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive for adjudication and the matter has become infructuous, the Court dismissed the Writ Petition as infructuous, with no order as to costs.

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Key takeaways

As a sequel to the dismissal, miscellaneous applications, if any, pending in the Writ Petition were directed to stand closed.ratio¶28

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati (Special Original Jurisdiction); W.P. No.12175 of 2015; decided 07.01.2026 by the Honourable Sri Justice K. Sreenivasa Reddy (single judge). Petitioner Pudi Chaitanya had sought a Writ of Mandamus declaring illegal, arbitrary and unjust the respondents' failure to consider his Beda Jangam (SC category) caste certificate (SSID:0335000080452905; Certificate No.117/08 issued by the Tahsildar, Kasimkota Mandal, Visakhapatnam District) for admission into Medicine and Engineering courses in EAMCET-2015 (Medical Stream) and other courses in the SC category. At the hearing, the petitioner's counsel submitted that, due to efflux of time, the cause in the Writ Petition did not survive for adjudication and the matter had become infructuous; the Court recorded the submission and dismissed the Writ Petition as infructuous with no order as to costs, closing pending miscellaneous applications, if any, as a sequel. The substantive prayer was not adjudicated.

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APHC010487742015

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction)

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WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY

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WRIT PETITION NO.12175 OF 2015

Between:

Pudi Chaitanya

...PETITIONER

AND

The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and others

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...RESPONDENTS

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Counsel for the Petitioner:

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1.MANGENA SREE RAMA RAO

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Counsel for the Respondent(S):

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1.GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE

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2.C SUDESH ANAND

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3.A PRABHAKAR RAO

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The Court made the following ORDER:

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The present Writ Petition has been filed for the following relief.

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<…….To issue an appropriate order, Writ or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not considering the caste certificate of the petitioner Pudi Chaitanya, vide

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SRK, J W.P.No.12175 of 2015

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SSID:0335000080452905, Certificate No.117/08, dated 15^th July, 2008, issued by the Tahsildar, Kasimkota Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, regarding their social status of Beda Jangam (SC Category) for admission into Medicine and Engineering Courses in EAMCET-2015 (Medical Stream) and other courses, as illegal, arbitrary and unjust and consequently direct the respondents to consider the candidature of the petitioner for admission in EAMCET-2015 (Medical Stream) conducted by respondents 2 and 3 to their regular courses in the SC category on the basis of the Caste Certificate issued to the petitioner by the Tahsildar, Kasimkota Mandal, Visakhapatnam.=

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Today, when the matter came up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that due to efflux of time, cause in the Writ Petition does not survive for adjudication and the matter has become infructuous.

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