ORDER :

Petitioners challenge the G.O.Rt.No.139, dated 01.09.2021 issued by the 2nd respondent and consequential proceedings inRc.No.64 /Admn.III-B/2021, dated 08.09.2021 issued by the 2nd respondent as violative of principles of natural justice as illegal, and for a consequential direction to respondents to restore the grant-in-aid posts, both teaching and non-teaching of ABM Degree College, Ongole.

2. The 1st petitioner is Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches (for short ‘STBC’), Rep. by its General Secretary Rev. J. M. Franklin; 2nd petitioner is Board of Education and 3rd petitioner is the Correspondent of ABM Degree College, Ongole. Their case is that STBC is a registered society established in 1963 and it has been managing various educational institutions in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. There are about 42 educational institutions under the management of STBC.

(a) One Chilaka David Prakash Rao claiming as Additional General Secretary of STBC filed W.P.No.1993 of 1993 on the file of High Court of Andhra Pradesh to consider the nominations made by him for correspondent ship of various educational institutions run by STBC and the said writ petition was disposed on 17.04.1993 with a