ORDER :

1. Heard the learned counsel Mr. Lakshmikanth appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. P. Bhanu Prakash, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent.

2. The prayer as sought for by the petitioner in the present writ petition, is as under:

“to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of respondent in issuing the impugned order dated 21.09.2015 cancelling the MA (Telugu) Degree of the petitioner and further intending to informing him to surrender the Certificate in original to the respondent within 15 days is as illegal, arbitrary, ultra vires, contrary to rules and violative of Article 14, 19(1g).”

3. PERUSED THE RECORD:

(A) The show cause notice dated 04.08.2014 issued to the petitioner by the respondent university, reads as under:

“You had approached the University for Award of Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship given to disabled scholars for pursuing Ph.D. A complaint was received from Shri M. Venkat Reddy and two others stating that for getting the said award of Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship and for getting admission to M.A (Telugu) in the year 2011 you submitted fake documents. They sought in