JUDGMENT

DHIRAJ SINGH THAKUR, CJ. - The present writ appeal under clause 15 of the Letters Patent has been preferred against the judgment and order, dtd. 1/8/2022 passed in W.P.No.9218 of 2020.

2. Briefly stated the material facts are as under:

2.1 The Andhra Pradesh State legislative assembly, enacted The Andhra Pradesh Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2016 (for short "the Act"), with the object of providing high quality, research oriented and industry relevant higher education. Sec. 3 (1) of the said Act, vested the Government with the power to permit the establishment of a University by inclusion of a name and location of a University, the name and address of the sponsoring body and the details of its registration in the Schedule to the Act.

2.2 Sec. 3 (8) of the Act envisages that each such University shall be a body corporate by the name included in the Schedule and shall have perpetual succession and common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire and hold property, to contract and shall, by the said name, sue or be sued.

2.3 Sec. 6 of the Act envisages that a body desirous of establishment of a private University shall make an