Andhra Pradesh Court April 2003 Judgments

Board of Adult Education and Training and anr. Vs. Board of Intermedia ...

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 2003(6)ALT761

ORDERB. Sudershan Reddy, J.1. This batch of cases may be disposed of by this common order.2. Shorn of all the details, the question that falls for our consideration is as to whether a writ of Mandamus lies as prayed for by the appellants in W.A.No. 1682 of 2002 to declare the action of the Board of Intermediate Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad represented by its Secretary in not issuing Equivalency/ Eligibility Certificate for the students who have studied Uchcha Madhyama and Uttara Madhyama Examination conducted by the appellant-Board of Adult Education and Training, Pankha Road, New Delhi (hereinafter called 'the appellant Board'). The next question that falls for our consideration is as to whether the Board of Intermediate Education at all issued any equivalency certificate recognizing the courses offered by the appellant-Board as equivalent to the intermediate course offered by it as claimed by the appellant Board.3. The whole of the dispute appears to have arisen...

A. Chakrapani Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh and anr.

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: I(2006)BC440; [2005]124CompCas770(AP)

K.C. Bhanu, J.1. The sole accused in C. C. No. 121 of 1999 on the file of the learned Additional Munsif Magistrate, Karimnagar, filed the present petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to quash the proceedings therein.2. The facts leading to the filing of the present petition in brief are that the second respondent filed a private complaint on February 18, 1998, against the petitioner before the court below alleging that the petitioner issued a cheque bearing No. 823222, dated July 19, 1997, for Rs. 90,000. The second respondent presented the cheque on January 7, 1998, in the bank. The cheque was dishonoured for insufficiency of funds. The second respondent received intimation on January 15, 1998, from his bank about the dishonour of the cheque. Therefore, the second respondent issued a statutory demand notice on January 25, 1998, to the petitioner, which the petitioner received on January 31, 1998, calling upon him to make payment of the amount covered by the dis...

Adarsh Balakrishna and ors. Vs. Osmania University, Rep. by Its Regist ...

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 2004(2)ALT437

ORDERGoda Raghuram, J.1. The petitioners five in number are all students of Nizam college, The grievance of the petitioners is that the respondents are not issuing them Hall Tickets and permitting them to take their respective examinations for the course pursued by them in the 2nd respondent college, This refusal is on account of shortage of attendance of the petitioners.2. The petitioners claim to be young Cricketers who have been selected to represent the State and the Hyderabd Cricket Association at various levels. They are pursuing B.A., and B. Com., courses in the 1st and 2nd years. The Schedule for the Semester examination was notified in the 2nd week of October 2002 for the commencement of examination. The petitioners were not issued Hall Tickets. They complain that the leave availed by them for enabling their participation in various tournaments and for attending camps organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India has not been taken into account by the respondents in c...

Cheedella Narayana Vs. J.V.G. Finance and Another

Court: Andhra Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission SCDRC Hyderabad

C.P. Suresh, Member: 1. The un-successful complainant is the appellant before this Commission. 2. The facts in brief are the opposite party invited fixed deposits from the public while giving an assurance to repay the same along with interest thereon within the stipulated period. The complainant deposited Rs. 30,000/- on 7.11.1996 in Fixed Deposit Receipt repayable with interest at 21% per annum by 7.11.1997. The opposite party issued 12 cheques of Rs. 500/- each towards interest. Out of them only ten cheques were encashed and the remaining were bounced. The opposite party issued a cheque Ex. A-3 for Rs. 30,000/-. Exs. A-4 and A-5 are the cheques for Rs. 500/- each issued in favour of the complainant. All the three cheques were bounced for want of sufficient funds. 3. The District Forum observed that the complainant should approach appropriate Court of law under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The proposition advanced by the District Forum is an untenable propositio...

District Manager, Telecom Department Vs. V. Venkat Swamy

Court: Andhra Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission SCDRC Hyderabad

C.P. Suresh, Member: 1. The un-successful opposite parties in C.D. No. 202/1997 on the file of the District Forum, Warangal are the appellants. 2. The facts in brief are that the complainant is having a telephone bearing No. 73785 and as he did not get the bill in time, he approached the first opposite party and obtained a duplicate bill for Rs. 301/- under which he had to pay Rs. 291/- up to 23.6.1997, thereafter, the bill amount with penalty. On 23.7.1997, he went to the opposite party and stood in the queue up to 12.30 noon but since the counter was closed he could not make the payment. On the following day, he went and paid the bill amount; when he returned home by about 2.30 p.m. he found that his phone was disconnected by the opposite parties without verifying whether the bill amount in question was paid or not. 3. He contacted the first opposite party by phone and he was asked to pay another sum of Rs. 105/- towards re-connection charges, which, he paid. The disconnection had ta...

A. Ranganath Vs. Andhra University and ors.

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 2003(3)ALD512; 2003(4)ALT32

DEVINDER GUPTA, C.J 1. Common Impugned Order passed by the learned Single Judge allowing Writ Petitions is under challenge by the University in the appeals except WA No. 1340 of 2002. In W.A.No. 1340 of 2002 order dismissing the Writ Petition is under challenge. The question involved is same and as such all appeals are being decided by a Common Order. 2. To various Postgraduate Courses for 2002-2003, a Common Entrance Examination was to be conducted by the Andhra University for which applications were invited. The last date for receipt of applications to various Postgraduate Courses was 30.4.2002. After the entrance test was held on 2.6.2002 and before admissions could take place, Vice-Chancellor of the University on 23.6.2002 issued a notification stipulating that such of the candidates who had studied P.G. Courses or had done M. Phil or Ph.D were not eligible to be admitted into any other P.G. Course. Such admissions were treated as horizontal and it was clarified that admissions wer...

Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy Vs. Transmission Corporation of A.P. Limited ...

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 2003(4)ALD827; 2003(4)ALT314

Bilal Nazki, J. 1. When this writ petition came up for hearing on admission the learned Senior Counsel appearing for respondent No. 11 Mr. P. Chidambaram raised a preliminary objection that the writ petition is not maintainable and respondent No. 11 has filed counter taking objections to the maintainability of the writ petition therefore he would like to argue the matter on the maintainability in the first instance and if the petition is admitted as maintainable then he would file an additional counter so that the case is contested on merits. In these circumstances the case has been heard only on the question of maintainability of the writ petition. 2. Now coming to the facts, this writ petition has been filed in public interest by the petitioner who claims to be Secretary of the Communist Party of India for Andhra Pradesh unit. He had been in public life for several years and had been a Member of Parliament. As he was interested as a consumer and as a representative of consumers he pe...

Manthena Satyanarayana Raju Vs. Lakkamraju Lakshmikanthamma and ors.

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 2003(5)ALD58

G. Yethirajulu, J. 1. This CMA was preferred by the driver of the lorry bearing No. AHP 3176 which belongs to the sixth Respondent, against the order of the Motor Vehicles Claims Tribunal, Krishna at Vijayawada in M.V.O.P No. 74 of 1990 questioning the quantum of compensation awarded by the said Tribunal on account of the death of one Sesham Raju in an accident that was caused by the said lorry on 11-6-1989.2. Respondents 1 to 5 being the legal heirs of the said Sesham Raju (deceased) made a claim for Rs. 50,000/- before the Tribunal under Section 110-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (for short 'the Act') against the Appellant and the sixth Respondent. The Tribunal held that though there was negligence on the part of the Appellant there was no rashness in driving the lorry. Ultimately the Tribunal did not award the compensation under Section 110-A of the Act but awarded compensation under Section 92-A of the Act by granting a sum of Rs. 25,000/- as no fault liability compensation by r...

M. Ganganna Vs. A. Chinna Guravaiah and ors.

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 2003(5)ALD231

ORDERV.V.S. Rao, J.1. The petitioner was elected as Sarpanch of Yellatur Gram Panchayat. His election was challenged under Section 233 of A.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (for short, the Act), read with Rule 2(1) of A.P. Panchayat Raj (Election Tribunals in respect of Gram Panchayats, Mandal Parishads and Zilla Parishads) Rules, 1995 (for short, the Rules). After parties completed pleadings, the matter went in trial. The petitioner completed his evidence. First respondent who filed election petition being E.O.P. No. 24 of 2001 before the Election Tribunal-cum-Junior Civil Judge, Cuddapah filed an affidavit in lieu of chief examination. Contending that affidavit in lieu of chief examination contains various averments, which were not taken in the election O.P. the petitioner filed I.A. No. 270 of 2003 under Section 151 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) praying the Election Tribunal to set aside the sworn affidavit of first respondent herein. The application having been rejected by order...

B. Laxmi and ors. Vs. Government of A.P. and ors.

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 2003(6)ALD425; 2003(5)ALT715

ORDERV. Eswaraiah, J.1. The petitioners 26 in number filed this writ petition to issue a writ of mandamus directing respondents 1, 2 and 3 to take steps for conferring the approval of the B. Pharmacy degrees obtained by them consequently directing the Pharmacy Council of India to confer approval on the degrees obtained by the petitioners in pursuance of the final examinations held in the month of August, 2001.2. The 6th respondent College of B.Pharmacy, Cuddapah was started in the year 1997 duly obtaining sanction from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The admissions were made by the Commissioner, Admissions, Government of Andhra Pradesh. All the petitioners herein are the first batch of students admitted in the 6th respondent-college basing on the ranks secured by them in the EAMCET-1997 examination. The examinations were conducted by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University- 3rd respondent and the petitioners passed the e...