Telangana High Court
WP/30043/2025 of Prathap Narender Reddy College of Pharmacy Vs Union of India on 26 September 2025
HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF SEPTEA/BER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.LAKSHMAN WRIT PETITION NO: 30043 oF 2025 Betwee n Prathap Narender Reddy College of Pharmacy, Having its
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
(Special Original Jurisdiction)
FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF SEPTEA/BER
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.LAKSHMAN
WRIT PETITION NO: 30043 oF 2025
Betwee n
Prathap Narender Reddy College of Pharmacy, Having its address at 1-117, !g!!g_s[Our village, Shamshabad Mandal, Rangareddy District, Tetangana - 509325 Represented by its Chairman Ir,4 r. pulla Ramesh Babu. S/o MrI pulla Subbaiahchetty
...PETITIONER
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Union.of lnglia, Ir/linistry,of !ea!!n and Family Wetfare, Represented by its Secretary, Room No. 201-D, Nirman Bhavah, New Delhi - t tOOt t 9_1ltg qf Telangana, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Higher Education (CE), Secretariat Building, Hyderabad The Telangana State Council for Higher Education, A Statutory Body of the Government_of Telangana State, Represented by its Chairman, tr/adab Tank, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500028
The Pharmacy Council of lndia, NBCC Centre, 3rd Floor, plot No. 2, Community Centre, [Maa Anandmai Marg, Okhla phase-i, New Delhi - 11OO2O
The Convenor for Pharmacy Admissions, TGEAPCET 2025, tr/asab Tank, Hyderabad Telangana - 500001
Convener for Pharmacy Admissions, TGPGECET 2025, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological Universrty Hyderabad, Kukatpally, Hyderabad-500085, TG.
...RESPONDENTS
Petition under Article 226 of lhe Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewi[h, the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ or an order or a direction, more particularly a writ in the nature of ft,4andamus to declare the action of the Respondents rn not granting approval to the Petitioner College for conducting B. pharmacy, pharm. D, IVt.
Pharm Pharmaceutics and I\,4 Pharm Pharmaceutical Analysis, even after conducting an inspection and recording that there are no deficiencies on the part of the Petitioner, as being illegal, arbitrary, u ncon stitutiona I and contrary to the provisions of the Pharmacy Act, 1 948 and consequently dire r the Respondents to forthwith grant approva under Section 12 of the Pharmacy ict, 1948 to conducl courses for B. Pharmacy, Pharm. D, M. Pharm Pharmar;, utics and lvl Pharm Pharmaceutical Analysis and pass any other order or orc r rs ir-r the interest of justice and equity.
lA NO: 1 OF 2025
Petition under Section 1 51 CPC praying that in the c r the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court nrir the Respondents to permit the Petitioner college to particic process and to admit the students for the academic yeat 2O2
Petitioner college nanre in the list of pharmacy colleges in process Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI KOPAL SHARRAF
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Counsel for the Respondent No. 't: SRI N. BHUJANGA RA:
Deputy Solicitor Gene r I of India
Counsel for the Respondent No. 2: GP FOR EDUCATION
Counsel for the Respondent No. 3, 5 & 6: SRI AP SURESH i :AM
(SC FOR TGCHE)
Counsel for the Respondent No.4; SRI SRINIVASA RAO E( DDULURI
The Court made the following: ORDER
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TTII,] HONOURABI,E SRI JUSTICE K. LAKSIIMAN
WITIT PETITION No.30043 of 2025
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ORAL ORDER:
Tlie pctitioncr has fllcd the present writ petition seeking fbr tl'rc tbllorving rclief "to i:'sltc a ttril or an orrler or a tlireclion more parliculurlv u writ itt thc ncrturc of Mudantus to tlt:cktre lhc action of thc lk:spondcnts i nol gr nting rrpprot trl to llrc P('titioner College for conducttn-a. B Phornnq' I'hurn D M Phttrtt Phannttceutit:s ruttl M Phtrrnr Pharnttr:ttttical ''lnalvsis even ttflt'r conductitr.! on in.speclitttt ond recording llnl llrcrc urc rut dcficiancics on lhc part ol' the Petitioner us bcing illcgol arbitran' un(:onstitul ion(tl Lnd conlron'lo thc Proyisions of the Phurnac:v Act 1918 and tonsetlrttnllv tltrt't:t thc Rcsltontlants to.forthw'ith grant apprcv l untlar Section
l) oJ tlu: Phrtrntrtcr .tlr:t 1948 to conduct courscs for B Phurnrtcv' Plnrn D M ['hnrnt ['hrrnttr(crrtit:s ond l[ Pharnt Plrurmaccutrcal Anal.vsis trrul pass rur-t' otlrer ortler or Ordcrs in the i cresl of iustice and cqtity "
2. Ileard lcamed counsel lor the petitioner and learned Governrnent [)leader fbr Higher Education. i. [-carned Governmeut Pleader for Higher F]clucation on ir.rstr-r-rctions would submit that respondent Nos.2 & I have received the approval fiom 4th respondent, the Pharmacy Council of India, respec[ of the petitioner coltege. Learned counsel for the \ tn petitioner contimed the said lact \
4. ln the lrght of the same, nothing remains r be adjudicated in \ this writ pctrtron and thc writ petition is dismis::d as infiuctuous No ordcL' as to costs. As a scqLrcl, misceIlaneous petitions pe n ing. if anr,, shall stand c loscd SD/. ASSiI AN ALI BAIG REGISIl3aR-. ,TRUE COPY// S TION OFFICER To,
1. One CC to SRI KOPAL SHARRAF, Advocate [OPUC]
2. One CC to SRI N. BHUJANGA RAO Deputy Solicitor G: re Iof lnd ia, Advocate [OPUC]
3. Two CCs to GP FOR EDUCATION, High Court for the S ate of Telangana [our]
3. One CC to SRI A P SURESH RAM (SC FOR TGCHE), I jvocate IOPUC]
4. One CC to SRI SRINIVASA RAO BODDULURI, Advor;z,l : [OPUC]
5. Two CD Copies MMT BSR h- JI. l I I I ! i
HIGH COURT DATED:2610912025
ORDER
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'{4. 'lr * \-; D-trs., rcts WP.No.30043 of 2025 DISMISSING THE WRIT PETITION AS INFRUCTUOUS WITHOUT COSTS ,8."fd .X* (.r tl ( ii t