HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. LAKSHMAN

ORDER

Heard Sri E.Varun Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri T.Sharath, learned Standing Counsel for Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences, appearing for respondent No.3. Perused the record.

2. Petitioner joined in respondent No.2 - Sri Sai College of Dental Surgery, Vikarabd in BDS Course during the academic year 2024-2025. Respondent No.2 College is affiliated to respondent No.3 University. She has appeared for NEET- 2025 and secured All India Rank (AIR 205723) and EWS category rank 24750. She is expecting admission in C-Category in MBBS for the academic year 2025-26. Therefore, she wants to discontinue her admission in BDS Course in respondent No.2 College. Respondent No.3 is insisting the petitioner to pay the bond amount of Rs.20,00,000/- as per G.O.Ms.No.125, dated 22.09.2022. Therefore, she has submitted a representation dated 16.08.2025 to respondent No.3 with a request to grant 4 to 5 equal monthly installments. Despite receiving the acknowledgement of the said representation, respondent No.3 did not act upon the same. Respondent No.2 is not returning the original certificates to the petitioner. Aggrieved by the said inaction of the respondents, the petitioner filed the present writ petition.

3. Learned Standing Counsel appearing for respondent No.3 on instructions would submit that the petitioner sought time to pay the bond amount in four to five equal monthly installments. There is no provision in the University Regulations to permit the petitioner to pay the said bond amount in equal installments.

4. In the light of the above submission, it is relevant to note that in D. Vaishnavi v. State of Telangana¹ a Division Bench of this Court (one of struck down paragraph No.7 (iii) of G.O.Ms.No.114, dated 05.07.2017 i.e., original certificates submitted by the petitioner/candidate shall not be returned to them, till they complete their course of study and appear for the university examination holding it as un-constitutional. A similar view was also taken by this Court in Mahatma Gandhi Law College, NTR Nagar, Hyderabad v. State of Telangana2. Relying on the said principle, in Sai Lakshmi Saranya v. The State of Telangana³ this Court also directed the College therein to return the original certificates to the petitioner therein.

5. In the light of the above, neither respondent No.2, nor respondent No.3 have any lien over the certificates of the petitioner. If the petitioner violates a bond, if any, executed by her in favour of respondent No.2 or respondent No.3, they have to take steps in accordance with law, but they cannot withhold the certificates.

6. Considering the said submissions and legal position, this writ petition is disposed of directing respondent No.3 to consider the representation dated 16.08.2025 submitted by the petitioner seeking equal monthly installments to clear the said bond amount of Rs.20,00,000/-, within one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Thereafter, the petitioner shall clear the said amount as per the installments granted by respondent No.3. The petitioner shall submit a representation to respondent No.2 within one week from today with a request to return the original certificates. On receipt of the same, respondent No.2 shall return the original certificates to the petitioner herein under due acknowledgment. No costs.

As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the Writ Petition shall stand closed.

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JUSTICE K. LAKSHMAN September 23, 2025 Note:

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