Sri Avula Iragalamma Health and Educational… — Writ and Judicial Review | Andhra Pradesh HC (2026)

Sri Avula Iragalamma Health and Educational… — Writ and Judicial Review | Andhra Pradesh HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Writ petition disposed of without expressing any opinion on merits: petitioner directed to approach Respondent No. 3 within two (2) weeks from receipt of the order; on payment of the prescribed application fee through a Government challan, Respondent No. 3 to issue the requisite application form; petitioner to fill and submit the form with all relevant documents; Respondent No. 3 to scrutinize and pass appropriate orders per applicable rules and regulations within a reasonable period; miscellaneous applications pending, if any, stand dismissed.

Issue for consideration

Whether the action of Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 in not issuing the application form to the petitioner society to submit a detailed project report to start a School of Nursing is illegal and violative of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India.

Court's answer

Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of, directing the petitioner to approach Respondent No. 3 within a period of two (2) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order.

Ratio / Principle

Upon the petitioner approaching Respondent No. 3 and remitting the prescribed application fee through a Government challan, Respondent No. 3 shall, in accordance with law, issue the requisite application form to the petitioner.

Key takeaways

After the petitioner fills in and submits the application form along with all relevant documents, Respondent No. 3 shall scrutinize the application and pass appropriate orders in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations within a reasonable period.ratio¶13
Miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand dismissed.ratio¶14

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ Petition No.23761 of 2024 (under Article 226 of the Constitution of India), decided by Justice Venkateswarlu Nimmagadda on 15.04.2026. A petitioner society intending to establish a School of Nursing to impart the GNM course complained that Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 failed to issue the application form needed to submit a detailed project report, allegedly violating Articles 14 and 19(1)(g). Acting on written instructions dated 15.04.2026 furnished by the learned Government Pleader for Medical & Health, and without expressing any opinion on the merits, the court disposed of the petition: the petitioner was directed to approach Respondent No. 3 within two (2) weeks; upon payment of the prescribed application fee through a Government challan, Respondent No. 3 shall issue the requisite application form; the petitioner shall then submit the filled-in form with all relevant documents, and Respondent No. 3 shall scrutinize it and pass appropriate orders in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations within a reasonable period. Miscellaneous applications pending, if any, stand dismissed.

THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA

WRIT PETITION No.23761 OF 2024

ORDER:

This writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue writ of mandamus declaring the action of Respondent Nos.2 & 3 in not issuing the application form to the petitioner society to submit a detailed project report to start School of Nursing as illegal and violative of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India and consequently direct Respondent Nos.2 & 3 to issue application form to the petitioner forthwith, to submit the same along with the detailed project report to start the School of Nursing.

The petitioner’s grievance is that Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 have failed to issue an application form to the petitioner society for submission of a detailed project report to establish a School of Nursing, in violation of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India. The petitioner, a society intending to establish a Nursing School to impart the General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) course, has repeatedly requested the issuance of the application form.

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Despite such requests, the respondents have neither provided the application form nor responded, necessitating the filing of the present writ petition.

On the other hand, the learned Government Pleader for Medical & Health, upon written instructions dated 15.04.2026, submitted that the writ petition may be disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to approach Respondent No. 3 within two weeks from the date of the order. Upon payment of the prescribed application fee through a Government challan, Respondent No. 3 shall issue the application form. The petitioner shall thereafter duly fill and submit the same along with all relevant documents, and Respondent No. 3 shall scrutinize the application and dispose of it in accordance with the applicable rules.

In view of the submission made by the learned Government Pleader for Medical & Health and pursuant to the written instructions dated 15.04.2026, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of, directing the petitioner to approach Respondent No. 3 within a period of two (2) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Upon the petitioner approaching Respondent No. 3 and remitting the

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prescribed application fee through a Government challan, Respondent No. 3 shall, in accordance with law, issue the requisite application form to the petitioner. Thereafter, the petitioner shall duly fill in the application form and submit the same along with all relevant documents to Respondent No. 3. On receipt of such application, Respondent No. 3 shall scrutinize the same and pass appropriate orders in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations, within a reasonable period.

Consequently, miscellaneous applications pending if any, shall stand dismissed.

_____________________________________ JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA

Date: 15.04.2026

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