T. MEENA KUMARI, J, J.

( 1 ) :-THIS is a taken up writ petition based on an article under the caption "ragging drives student to suicide", in the "paper clipping" dated 27. 10. 2005 of The New Indian express daily news paper, and the report inter alia reveals that a first year student of Bapatla Engineering College, Bapatla, guntur District namely Sri Katuri Alexander committed suicide by consuming pesticide at his residence in Chintgumpalli of Chinaganjam mandal. As per Police, the said Alexander returned home a couple of days ago and informed his parents that the college is unsuitable for him, that on the same day the family members found him lying unconscious condition and that he later-died at a private hospital. Hence, this Court, suo-mottu took the same on file as Taken Up W. P. and proceeded further.

( 2 ) HAVING heard the Government pleader for Home and as the matter has a general importance relating to the student community, this Court felt that the matter can be disposed at the stage of admission itself.

( 3 ) IT is the general phenomenon that the student-community, at large, at the beginning of the academic year has the fancy for ragging the new entrants in most of the po

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