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P. Satyanarayana v. The State of Telangana

Telangana HC4 Dec 2025WP/18335/2018

Case brief

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What is this about?

Telangana High Court writ petition (WP No.18335 of 2018, decided 04.12.2025) concerning TS EAMCET-2018 engineering admission kept pending for want of CAP (Children of Armed Forces Personnel) certificate; dismissed as infructuous on counsel's submission, no costs; no merits adjudication; no precedent cited; statutes referred: Article 226, Articles 14 and 21, Section 151 CPC.

What did the court decide?

The Court recorded the submission of learned counsel for the petitioners that the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive for adjudication and the same has become infructuous. ¶42

P. Satyanarayana Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Dismissed

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Issue for consideration

Whether the action of Respondent No.2 in keeping the admission of Petitioner No.2 into engineering colleges for the academic year 2018 pending for want of a CAP (Children of Armed Forces Personnel) Certificate was unreasonable, arbitrary and discriminatory, and whether Respondents 1 and 2 should accept the CAP Certificate issued by Respondent No.3 and admit Petitioner No.2 per his eligibility/entitlement.

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Court's answer

The Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous.

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Ratio / Principle

The Court recorded the submission of learned counsel for the petitioners that the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive for adjudication and the same has become infructuous.

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Key takeaways

There shall be no order as to costs.ratio¶43
As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the writ petition shall stand closed.ratio¶45

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ Petition No.18335 of 2018 (P. Satyanarayana and another v. The State of Telangana and 2 others), High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad, Laxmi Narayana Alishetty, J., order dated 04.12.2025. Petition under Article 226 read with Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution by an ex-serviceman father and his minor son against Respondent No.2 (Convenor, TS EAMCET-2018, Telangana State Council of Higher Education/Dept. of Technical Education) for keeping Petitioner No.2's admission to engineering colleges for the academic year 2018 pending for want of a CAP (Children of Armed Forces Personnel) Certificate, seeking quashing of Receipt/Certificate No.418107319231 dated 30-05-2018 and acceptance of the CAP Certificate issued by Respondent No.3, the Regional Sainik Welfare Officer; I.A. under Section 151 CPC sought provisional admission. Before the Court, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the cause did not survive for adjudication and had become infructuous; recording the submission, the Court dismissed the writ petition as infructuous with no order as to costs and closed miscellaneous petitions. No question was adjudicated on merits and no precedent was cited or engaged.

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

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(Special Original Jurisdiction)

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THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENry FIVE

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE LAXMI NARAYANA ALISHETTY

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WRIT PETITION NO: 18335 OF 2018

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Between:

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1 P. Satyanarayana, aged about 46 years, S/o P. Dharmaiah, Ex-Service lvlan, Ex.No.8374222A, APS Cops. Plot No. 20, Road No. 2, Shakthi Nagar, LB Nagar, Hyderabad 500 074.

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2 P. Varshith Kumar, aged about 17 years, S/o P. Satyanarayana, being minor Rep by his father P. Satyanarayana aged about 46 years S/o P. Dhaimaiah, Ex-Service Man, Ex.No. 8374222A, APS Cops. PIot No. 20, Road No. 2, Shakthi Nagar, LB Nagar, Hyderabad 500 074.

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.....PETITIONERS

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AND

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'l . The State of Telangana, Rep. by ils Principal Secretary (High Education Department) Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad-500 004.

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The Telangana State Council, of Higher Education Hyderabad Dept. of Technical Education, Rep. by its Convenor, TS EAMCET-2O18, (MPC Stream) Examinations Building, Ground Floor, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad Kukatpally, Hyderabad - 500 085.

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The Regional Sainik Welfare Officer, Government of TS, Nalgonda, Suryapet, Yadadri-Bhongiri Dist, (TS).

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.....RESPONDENTS

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Petition Under Arlicle 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly in the nature of MANDAMUS declaring the action of the 2nd Respondent in keeping the admission of the Petitioner No.2 into engineering colleges for the academic year 2018 pending for want of CAP Certificate (Children of Armed Forces personnel Certificate) is unreasonable, arbitrary and discriminatory and violative of Article 14, and 21 of the Constitution of lndia and by quashing the Receipt of Certificate No.

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418107319231 dated_ 30-05-20.18 issued by the 2nd Respondent, direct the Respondent Nos. .l and 2 to accept the CAp Certificate issued by the 3rd Respondent and consider the admission of the petitioner No.2 into engineering colleges for the year 201g as per his eligibility/enti ement.

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I.A.NO:1 OF 2018

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petition Under Section .151 CpC praying that in the circumslances stated in the affidavit fired in support of the petition, the High court may be preased to direct the 2nd Respondent to grant provisionar admission into the Engineering coreges for the year 2018 as per the eligibility criteria of the Petitioner No 2 pending disposar of the above writ petition.

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Counset for the petitioners : SRI T.KOTESWARA RAO

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Counset forthe Respondents : Gp FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

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The Court made the following ORDER

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HTGH COURT^{FOR THE STATEOF. TELANGANA AT} HYDERABAD

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THE HON'BLE^{SRI JUSTICE LAXMINARAYANA ALISHETTY} WRIT PETITION^{No.18335 of2018}

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DATE OF^{ORDER: O4.L2'2O25}

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BETWEEN:

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P. S atYanaraYana^{and another}

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Petitioners

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AND

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The State^{of Telangana,} Rep. by its^{Prl'Secretary and 2 others'}

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... Respondents

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: ORDER:

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This writ Petition^{isfiied todeclare the action of} respondent^{No.2 in keepingthe admission of the petitioner No'2} into engineering^{colleges for the academic year 2OlB' pending'} for want^{of CAPcertificate (Childrenof Armed Forces Personnel} Certifrcate),^{as illegal and arbitraryand for consequentialrelief'}

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2 Sri T.Koteswara^{Rao, learnedcounselfor the petltloners} and learned^{AssistantGovernmentPleader forHigher}

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Education,^are Present'

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Learned counsel for the^{petitionerswould submitthat the} cause in the Writ Petition^does not^{survive for adjudication and} the same has become infructuous.

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Recording the aforesaid submission of the^learned counsel, the Writ Petition is dismissed^{as infructuous' There} shall be no order as to costs.

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As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous^petitions, if^any,

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pending in the writ petition, shall stand closed.

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Sd/.B. REKHA RANI STANT REGISTRAR

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ORDER

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WP.No.18335 of 2018