Srm Educational Society Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

Srm Educational Society Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Permission to withdraw the writ petition granted; writ petition dismissed as withdrawn; miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the writ petition, ordered closed. No adjudication on the Fire No Objection Certificate issue; no costs mentioned in the order body.

Issue for consideration

Whether the action of the 3rd Respondent (Telangana State Council for Education Research and Training) in insisting upon the petitioners to obtain a Fire No Objection Certificate from the 4th Respondent is illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and contrary to the Circular issued by the Telangana State Disaster Response and Fire Services dt. 03.06.2017, and whether the petitioners should consequently be permitted to impart training in the D.El.Ed Course for the academic year 2024-25 without such certificate and without interference with the day-to-day functioning of their institutions.

Ratio / Principle

After initial submissions, learned counsel for the petitioners sought permission to withdraw the writ petition; the Government Pleaders for respondent Nos. 1 to 3 and respondent No. 4 raised no objection, and the Court granted the permission sought, dismissing the writ petition as withdrawn.

Key takeaways

Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the writ petition were ordered to stand closed.ratio¶32

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ Petition No. 327 of 2025 | High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad | Decided 07.01.2025 | T. Vinod Kumar, J. | SRM Educational Society and SRM D.El.Ed College (petitioners) moved this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of mandamus to declare illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional the insistence by the Telangana State Council for Education Research and Training (3rd respondent) that they obtain a Fire No Objection Certificate from the Director General, Telangana State Disaster Response and Fire Services (4th respondent), alleging it was contrary to the Fire Services Circular dt. 03.06.2017, and to permit them to run the D.El.Ed Course for academic year 2024-25 without such certificate; an interim application under Section 151 CPC (IA No. 1 of 2025) sought exclusion of the Fire NOC requirement for inclusion in the counselling process (Convener Quota and Management Quota). After making initial submissions, learned counsel for the petitioners sought permission to withdraw the writ petition; the Government Pleader for School Education (respondents 1-3) and the Government Pleader for Home (respondent 4) raised no objection. The Court granted the permission sought, dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn, and ordered that miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending therein stand closed. The legality of the Fire NOC insistence was NOT adjudicated; no precedent was cited and no substantive ratio emerges.

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HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction)

TUESDAY ,THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENry FIVE

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T.VINOD KUMAR

WRIT PETITION NO:327 OF 2025

Between:

1 SRM Educational Society, Plot No.5{5/1, Vanasthalipuram Road Gurramguda Village, Enjapur Post, Saroomagar, Saroomagar, R.R.District Rep. by its Secretary.

2 SRM D.El.Ed College, Near B.N.Reddy Nagar, Gunamguda, Saroornagar, Rangareddy District Rep. by its Secretary

...PETITIONERS

AND

The State of Telangana, rep by its Principal Secretary, School Educalion Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad.

Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. .'

1. The Comr4issioner and Director of School Education, Hyderabad,^{</sup> 3. The Telangana State Council for Education Research and Training, Rep by its Director, Hyderabad}

The Director General, Telangana State Disaster Response and Fire Services Hyderabad

...RESPONDENTS

Petition under Article 226 ot lhe Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other Writ, Order or Direction declaring the action of the 3rd Respondent in insisting upon the petitioners to obtain Fire No Objection Certificate from the 4th respondent as being i'l{egal, arbitrary unconstitutional and contrary to the Circular issued by the Telangana State Disaster Response and Fire Services dt.03.06.2017 and consequently direct the respondents to permit the petitioners to impart training in D.El.Ed Course for the academic year 2f24-25 without insisting upon the petitioners to obtain Fire No Objection Certificate from the 4th respondent and not to interfere with the day to day functioning of the institutions

lA 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 Respondent 3 not to insist upon the petitioners to obtain Fire No objection certificate from the 4th respondent for the purpose of inctusion into the counseling process for D.El.Ed Course under Convener euota and Management Quota for the academic yeat 2024-25, pending the disposal of the writ petition

Counsel for the Petitioner: SRl. P. PANDU RANGA REDDY

Counsel forthe Respondent Nos. 1to3: Gp FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION

Counsel for the Respondent No.4: GP FOR HOME

The Court made the following: ORDER

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THE HON'BLE SRI^{JUSTICE T. VINOD KI,'MAR}

WRIT PETITION No.3^{27 0F 2025}

ORDER

After making initial submissions,^{learned Counselfor the} petitioners seeks permission^{of the Court to withdrawthe Writ} Petition

lrarned Government^{Pleader lorSchool Education} appearing on behatf ol^{respondentNos.l to 3 and the learned} Governmen[ Pleader^{forHome appearing onbehalfof} respondent No.4 have^{no objcctionfor withdrawal of the Writ} Petition by thc pctitioners

Granting PermISSlon^as sought, the Writ Petition^is dismissed as^withdran'n.

Miscellaneous pctition s,^iI any. pending in the^Writ,

Petition, shall stand^closed.

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