The court affirmed the necessity for state authorities to properly consider requests for correcting official school names to ensure consistency with prior recognitions, emphasizing adherence to procedural norms.

ORDER :

1. Heard Sri Vedula Venkata Ramana, learned Senior Designated Counsel representing Sri Ch. Lakshman Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of petitioners and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Education, appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.1 to 4.

2. The petitioners approached the Court seeking prayer as under:

“…to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring that the inaction on the part of respondents 1 to 3 in not rectifying the name of the 2nd petitioner school as Delhi World Public School in terms of the provisional recognition granted by the District Educational Officer, is arbitrary and illegal and direct the respondents to forthwith issue NOC to the 2nd petitioner by duly correcting/rectifying the name of the school as Delhi World Public School instead of Delhi World School so as to enable it to get affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi for the next academic year, taking into account the provisional recognition granted to the school in name of Delhi World Public School (class PP to VIII) in terms of the letter of the 4^th respondent dated 16.04.2024 in proceedings Rc.No.168/A5/2024 and grant...”

3. The case of the petitioners in brief, is that the 1^st petitioner society has established the 2^nd petitioner school for running Classes from Preprimary to VIII. The 2^nd petitioner school was granted a provisional recognition/ETR for the academic year 2024-2025 in the name “Delhi World Public School” as per the proceedings of the District Educational Officer, dated 16.04.2024 wherein the name of the school has been specifically mentioned as “Delhi World Public School” but in the official records of the respondents the name of the school is shown differently as “Delhi World School”. The petitioners have submitted a representation dated 02.12.2025 to the respondent No.3 for issuance of a corrigendum to rectify the school name as “Delhi World Public School” instead of “Delhi World School”. But the respondents have not acted upon the same. Aggrieved by the inaction of the respondents, the petitioners approached this Court by filing the present writ petition.

4. PERUSED THE RECORD:

(A) Proceedings of the District Educational Officer, Ranga Reddy vide Proc.Rc.No.168/A5/2024, dated 16.04.2024 for provisional recognition/ ETR in respect of Delhi World Public School, Manneguda, Abdullapurmet Mandal, Ranga Reddy is extracted hereunder:

Proc.Rc.No.168/ A5/ 2024

Dated 16.04.2024

Sub:- Sch. Edn. – Private Schools – Ranga Reddy District – Provisional Recognition/ETR in respect of Delhi World Public School, Manneguda, Abdullapurmet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District to Classes PP to VII (EM) during the year 2024-25 to 2033-2034 – Orders – Issued.

Ref:

1. G.O.Ms.No.1/Edn., (Rules), dt : 1.1.1994 and amendments their on.

2. G.O.Ms.No.74/Edn., dt : 11.09.2006

3. GO Rt.No.730/Edn (Se-Ps) dept., dt : 29.09.2008 4. This officer Lr.Rc.No.39/A5/2023, dt : 22.01.2024

5. The Mandal Educational Officer, Abdullapurmet, Lr.No.65/MEO/AMBT/2024, dt : 27.03.2024.

6. Online Ref.No.REC20240339533.

Permission was accorded for classes PP to VII (EM) during the year 2024-25 in the 4^th cited to Delhi World Public School, Manneguda, Abdullapurmet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District The MEO, Abdullapurmet Mandal has recommended to accord provisional recognition for the classes PP to VII (EM) for the academic years 2024-25 to 2033-2034 through the letter 5^th cited.

After careful examination of the proposals and recommendation of the Mandal Educational Officer, Abdullapurmet (M) R.R. District and in terms of the orders issued in the references 1st to 3^rd cited, the District Educational Officer, Ranga Reddy District is hereby accorded Provisional Recognition for classes PP