WP/29145/2026 of Syed Mubeen Vs State of Telangana on 17 September 2026

:ORDER

This Wrrt Petrtron rs filed seeking the followrng relref "lo /ssue a Wnr,.tr ()rc!t)t.ts more paitcular one tn the nature of Wnl Man(lafi)Lts declanng lhe aclon ol I?esportdent No.3 ot vvitltholdng onErtal educatrcnal cerlfrcales artd trattsfer cefttfrcate of the petitrcner as betng legal arbitrary, wolative of prinaples of natural jLtslrce and vtolative of ArTicles

14. 21 and 51A of the Constttutton of lndia and consequently direct Respondent No.3 to Return the oriEnal educational ceiiftcates of lhe petitioner ncluding Transfer Cerlficate and be pleased to pass "

Heard tVlr Syed Ahnred learned counsel representing I\4 r K.Karunakar, learned coLirtsel for the petitroner, [Vlr. M.Vamshi Krran, learned Assistanl Gover-rtrtrent Pleader for Hrgher Education, appeanng for respondent No 1 and l\llr Prabhakar Peri, learned Standing Counsel for JNTU, appearing for respondent No.2 Notice sent to respondent No 3 was returned with an endorsement .-

'refused'. Refusal of notrce amounts to proper:jervice of notice Perused the record

Case of the petitioner is that, at the time of admission into B.Tech course in respondent No 3 college, he has submitted all his original certrficates ie SSC t\,4arks l\,4emo, lntern"ediate Short and Long Memo, Provrsronal Certrficate. Consolidaled [Vlarks [Vlemo, Caste Certificate and Transfer Certifrcate LJpon successful completion of the course. he approached responcent No.3 several times seeking return of his original ce(ificates, but respondent No 3 refused for the same, on the ground that the fee r._.imbursement by the Government is pending. Hence. the present wri. petition.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submrts tlat the petitioner completed his B Tech course in the year ZO2S However, respondent No 3 has failed to return the pe.itioner's original certrficates, due to which the petitioner has been unable to secure admission to the M.Tech course or obtain employment. Already, the petitioner has lost one academic year For the present academic year, counselllng for the lVl Tech course has alreadv been concluded and the petitioner intends to loin the M Tech ccurse under the management quota He rs now required to submit his original ruslrce luvvad !r d.v wp 29l45 207 6 certificates before the concerned college Any further delay in release of lhe petttioner's certificates would irreparably preJudice his career and such irreparable loss cannot be compensated by any subsequent monetary relief. Therefore, he requested this Court to direct respondent No.3 to forlhwith return the petitioner's origrnal certificates lt is not in dispute that the petitioner had submitted his original certificates to respondent No 3 at the time of admtssion into B Tech course and subsequently completed hts course. lt is also not tn dispute that the original certificates of the petitioner were presently in the custody of respondent No 3 The said certificates, being personal and academtc credentrals, are undoubtedly the exclusive property of the petitioner. ln the absence of any statutory or legal authority, respondent No 3 has no authority whatsoever to retain the petitioner's original certifrcates Even assumtng that the college has any monetary clalm against the petitroner, the proper remedy, tf any, available is to pursue appropriate proceedings rn accordance with law for recovery of its dues. However. the college cannot retain the petitioner's original certificates as security for recovery of any amount claimed by it and such retention is wholly unlawful and cannot be justrfied on the ground of any outstanding liabiltty.

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;l j! 2 )l Therefore, this Court is of the considered opinron that the petitioner is entitled to the rmmediate return of his original certificates

For the foregoing discussron. this Writ petition rs allowed, directing the petitioner to submit a representatron b-.fore respondent No 3, seeking return of his originar certificates referred to above, within a period of one (1) week. from the date of rer;eipt of a copy of thrs order. on such apprication being fired respordent No.3 shail consider the same and return the original certificates referred to above to the petitioner, within a perrod of one (1 ) week thereafter No costs closed Pending miscellaneous applications, if arry, shall stand SD/. P,PONNA KRISHNA ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COpy// ,< L:/ To )fi. " ,PSK. PSK

SECTION OFFICER Sri Syed Mubeen, S/o Sved Moiz, aged about 22 years. Occ . Student, R/o. H No 4-7-8lC tstampuri, xrr"r"oa"v pd, ffi;;"r;y 503111 Represented by Generat power of Attorney Holde; Sy;d'Mrir-..i s," Syed Moiz, aged 3B:t##::]ffi,7"'n";' nro H'no ;:;;rc:, tstampura, Kil;;;; lrll:,?r,. .S^"gl"lrw, Higher Educarion Department, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar secretariat Saifabad. Hvderabad, State of fefilgrn, SOOOO,1 IlE",XfrT[fifu-Jawaharlal r'renru recnnoffiai'universitv, Kukatpary, Iffi"tiil.1';lrTKR Ensineerins college, Rashava Nasar cotonv, Meerper, One CC to SRI K.KARUNAKAR, Advocate IOPUCI Two ccs to Gp FoR EDUCAT|bN Ha;t;ri;i the state of Tetansana, at Hyderabad [OUT] One CC to SRt pRABHAKAR pERt, SC FOR JNTUH IOPUC] Two CD Copies

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6. CC TODAY HIGH COURT DATED: 1710912026

ORDER

WP.No.29145 ot 2026 ALLOWING THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT GOSTS i(r t * cf,o

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