WP/4747/2026 of Sri Khaja Noor Uddin Chishty Vs The State of Telangana on 15 April 2026

:ORDER:

This Writ Petition is filed seeking the following relief: "declaring the action of the Respondents more paiicularly Respondent No.4 is not relurning the petitioner Origrnal SSC Cedificates, lntermediate Ceftificates along with B.tech provisional Ceftificate, Consolidated Marks Memo and others Educationat Documents which are withheld with the Respondent No.4 as illegal custody, as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Arlicle 14 and 300A of the Constitution of lndia and consequently direct the Respondent No 4 respondents to return the petitioners Originat SSC Cedificates, lntermediate Ceftificates along with B.tech Provisional Ceftificate, Consotidated Marks Memo and others Educational Documents to the petitioner and pass . ."

2. Heard Mr. SK Ashraf, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Assistant Government pleader for Higher Education, for respondent Nos.1 and 2, lVlr. prabhakar peri, learned Standing Counsel for JNTU, for respondent No.3. There is no representation for respondent No.4. .]dna, cuuue / (8Y MESSENGER) L^r4,.".

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Case of the petitioner is that he has pursuec his l-ngineering course in respondent No.4 college and upon r;' mpletion of his studies, he has approached the management f )' return of his original certificates. However, respondent No.4 relt sed 10 return his original certificates and insisted him to pay the Tuili rn Fee and other fees, amounting to Rs2,10,0001, though he is :igible for Fees Reimbursement. Hence, the present writ petition'

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits t rat the petitioner requires his orrginal certificates to secure emplol'r lent and sustain his livelihood and no dues are pending against hir I Tlre petitioner is not in a financial position to pay the amott t demanded by respondent No.4. He further submits that the acii )n ol respondent No.4 in withholding the original certificates r; rbmitted by the petitioner al the time of admission is illegal and ar: trary. Therefore, he seeks a direction to respondent No.4 to fc r hwith return the petitioner's original certificates

5. Perused the record.

6. lt is not in dispute that the petitioner h: s completed his studies in respondent No.4 college and his origirr rl cerlificates i.e., Original SSC Certificates, lntermediate Certif rates along with B.Tech Provisional Certificate, Consolidated Marl.r Merno and other Educational documents, were in the custody of espondent No.4- lusne iuwadr Sndevi wp_4141 1026 college. The said certificates, being personal and academic credentials, are undoubtedly the property of the petitioner. ln such circumstances, respondent No.4-college has no authority whatsoever to retain the said certificates and the retention of the petitioner's original certificates by respondent No.4 is wholly unjustified and cannot be sustained. Even assuming that the college has any monetary claim against the petitioner, withholding his original certificates cannot be adopted as a mode of enforcing such claim; the proper remedy, if any available to the college is to proceed in accordance with law for recovery of its dues, but not retain the petitioner's original certificates

7. For the foregoing discussion, this Writ Petition is allowed, directing respondent No.4 to fo(hwith return the original certificates referred to above to the petitioner, within a period of one (1) week, from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs, Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed

SD/- A.H.S.GOWRI SHANKAR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To,

1. The Principal Secretarv -Educational Department, Secretariat at Hyderabad.

2. The Chairman, Telanqana Council ot iigh", -eOucation Opp. Mahavir ^ Hospitat, Masab Tank, ivaurroJllbo;;d "r""'

r. tne Jawahadal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, Rep. by its Vice- Chancellor, Jawaharlal r.r"f,r-r -f""r,"".bd;;,, University Hyderabad. . Kukatpaly, Hyderabad, terangana s,ri"'irj[]'sobous,

4. The Principat TKR Coilege oi engg ,il i;;;;sy, rKR Colese of Enoo and Technotoqy, M.9pyl. ri',i".p.tfvi""e;;;;(N/), *;;JJ,j.rilyi H vd e ra bad. Te I a n o a n a, 5 0 0 09 7 G i M E"S i'di{ c"Efi ; /)" ULL

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5. One CC to SRl. SK ASHRAF, Advocate tOpUCl

6. Two CCs to GP FOR EDUCATION High Court for the ll ate of Telangana, at Hyderabad [OUT]

7. One CC to SRl. PRABHAKAR pERt, SC FOR JNTU [OF -,C] B. Two CD Copies a t@

CC TODAY HIGH COURT DATED: 1510412026 OF Trr . ':\ -t q

ORDER

WP.No.4747 ot 2026 ALLOWING THE WRIT PETITION WITHCI JT COSTS Ks te [, [>e 's .{$\' tH+