WP/32922/2026 of Harshith Reddy Vs The State of Telangana on 14 October 2026

:ORDER:

This Writ Petition is filed seeking the following relief: "lo lssue a writ order or direction more pafticularly one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus o.r any other appropriate Writ, Order or Direction lytarinq th,e action of respondent No S in witnniiiig the original ceftificates of the petitioner demandinig tuition fees for unstudied subsequent academic yeais as illegat arbitrary unconstitutionat anA contrary io ini principles laid down in D.Vaishnavi u Siute if Telangana (W.p No 21137 of 2O1g),onuiilnii dirg?lng respondent No.3-Coltege to ,etiii 'itt original cefiificates mentioned aboie to the ieiitioir und.er due acknowtedgment within a time_b,ouid ggrad 9f one (01) week directing responAent io.i Uniuersity/Body to instruct Reipondent tUo S- i writing to release the ceftificates foihwith and to pass. .. "

2. Heard [Vr. Gurram Venkat Ramana, learned counsel for the petitioner, [Vrr. [vr.M.vamshi Kiran, Iearned Assistant Government .-

Lst,ce luv!ad Sndevr qp 12977-1076 PleaderforHigherEducationappearingforrespondentNo'1and tVlr. Prabhakar Peri, learned Standing counsel for JNTU appearing for respondent No 2 lnspite of service of notice on respondent No.3, there is no representation on behalf of respondent No 3'

3. The case of the petitioner is that he appeared for the EAtvICET-2021 entrance examination and secured admission to the B.Tech.(CSE/CS) course rn respondent No.3-college under the At the time of admission, he submitted all his management quota. original certificates, (SSC) Marks StudY/Bonafide including the Secondary School Certificate tVlemo, lntermediate lvlarks Memo, lntermediate X StudY/Bonafide to resPorrdent No 3- his studies owing to Certificates, Class Vl to Certificates, and Transfer Certificate (TC) College. Subsequently, he discontinued financial constraints and unforeseen family exigencies Thereafter' he requested respondent No'3-college to return his original certificates. However, respondent No.3-college refused to release the same, unless the entire tuition fee for the third and fourth academic years, during which the petitioner did not pursue his studies, was paid. Hence, the present writ petition'

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4. Learned counser for the petitioner submits that the petitioner requires his original certificates to secure employment and to support his family, as he is facing financial difficulties and unforeseen family exigencies. He further submits that the action of respondent No.3 in withholding the original certificates submitted by the petitioner at the time of his admission is illegal and arbitrary and the same is causing serious prejudice to his career opportunities. Therefore, he seeks a direcuon to respondent No.3-coilege to return the petitioner's original certificateq.

5. Perused the record lt is not in dispute that the petitioner has secured admission in respondent No.3-college under lr/anagement quota and he has discontinued his studies and his originar certificates referred to above were presently in the custody of respondent No.3. The said certificates, being personal and academic credentials, are undoubtedly the property of the petitioner. rn such circumstances, respondent No.3-college has no authority whatsoever to retain the said certificates and the retention of the petitioner's originar certificates by respondent No.3 is whoily unjustified and cannot be sustained. Even assuming that the college has any monetary claim against the petitioner, withhording his originar certificates cannot be .-

@p 12971 -)a16 adopted as a mode of enforcing such claim' the proper remedy' if any available to respondent No 3- college is to proceed in accordance with law for recovery of its dues' but not retain the petltioner's original certificates.

7. For the foregoing reasons' this Writ Petition is disposed of ' directing respondent No 3 to return the original certificates referred toabovetothepetitionerwithinaperiodofone(01)weekfromthe date of receipt of a copy of this order' No costs' Pending miscellaneous applications' if any' shall stand closed ii J Sd/.K.V.O,NARASI BABU ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY' To SEC OFFICER Education DePartment, Telangana I The PrinciPal Secretary, Higher Secretariat, Hyderabad, State of Tela in" Vi"" Chincellor, Jawaharlal N ngana. ehru TechnologY University, KukatPallY

Hyderabad

3. The Principal, spoorthy Engineering college, Nadergul Village Meerpet Mandal Ranga Reddy District 501510 +. o"" Cc t" s"ir eunirnna vLrlxnr RAMANA' Advocate toPUCl ;. O;; CC i" SNI PRABHAKAR PERI, SC FOR JNTUH TOPUC]

6. Two ccs to Gp FOR ijici;R ibu-cnrroru, Hish court for the state of Telangana, at HYderabad [OUT]

7. Two CD CoPies PSKi_-_ *"/€--* l:,z4

HIGH COURT DATED: 1411012026

ORDER

WP.No.32922 ot 2026 DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS. CC TODAY S{ATE

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