WP/35730/2025 of BATTULA PADMA RAO Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH on 28 September 2026

1. BATTULA PADMA RAO, S/o. Satyanarayana, Aged about 57 years, Occ Agriculture, Rio. D. No. 1-202, Patha Vooru, Seripalem, West Godavari District ...Petitioner AND

1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Secretariat Buildings, Velagapudi, Amaravathi, Guntur District.

2. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Finance and Planning Department, Secretariat Buildings, Velagapudi, Amaravathi, Guntur District.

3. The AP State Kapu Welfare and Development Corporation Ltd, Rep. by its Managing Director, Office at 12-467, 3rd Floor, Pothuri Mercantile, NH-16 Service Road, Tadepalli. Guntur District. ...Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased topleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 3rd Respondent in not releasing the Financial Assistance for the petitioners son namely Battula Lokesh educational purposes at Abroad under Videshi Vidya Deevena Scheme having been approved his name for the said benefit by the State Level Screening Committee as highly illegal, opposed to the Policy Decision of the Government arbitrary, exercise of power and also opposed to doctrine of legitimate expectation and violative of Articles 14 and 21-A of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to release the financial assistance to the petitioner's son namely Battula Lokesh under the said scheme forthwith to mitigate the hardship of the selected one and to pass IA 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 pleased to direct the respondents to release the financial assistance to the petitioners son namely Battula Lokesh under Videshi Vidya Deevena Scheme as approved under the list of approval forthwith, pending disposal of the writ petition and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: B S N NAIDU Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE Counsel for the Respondents:Chejarla Venkateswara rao SC For A.P.Kapu welfare and developement Corp.LTD Counsel for the Respondents:GP FOR FINANCE PLANNING

The Court made the following Order: The petitioner is aggrieved by the inaction on part of the respondent authorities in releasing the sanctioned amount for the petitioner's son towards the scholarship amount under the Scheme of A.P State Kapu Welfare and Development Corporation vide Vidya Devana for academic years 2019-2020.

2. The petitioner's son submitted an application for grant of scholarship amount. The petitioner's son applied for studying Master of Computer Science (Computer Networks and Security LEA.5J) in the Central Michigan University, United States. The petitioner's son had submitted the said application and the respondents have approved the application of the petitioner’s son. However, the respondents have not released the said amount and aggrieved by such action on part of the respondents, the present writ petition is filed.

3. The 3rd respondent has filed a counter and it is stated that the State Level Screening Committee was constituted for verification of the applications and the State Level Screening Committee had approved the list of eligible candidates. However, the government had ordered an enquiry into the sanction of scholarship amounts to various students and the Vigilance and Enforcement Department had submitted a report and as seen from the report, the petitioner's son was found as an eligible beneficiary of the scheme.

4. A Counter-affidavit to that effect is stated that the petitioner's son is entitled for release of the amount. However the amount shall be released soon after the 3rd respondent receives the funds from the Government.

5. Considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for respondent No. 3 and also the admission in the counter that the petitioner’s son is an eligible beneficiary, the 3rd respondent shall have to release the amount as expeditiously as possible, not later than a period of eight (8) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

6. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed.

____________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N 29.09.2026 RJS/SZT

21 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N

WRIT PETITION NO: 35730 OF 2025

Dt: 29.09.2026

RJS/SZT