Even as YSR Congress party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday is putting up a big road show from Visakhapatnam to Narsipatnam to protest against the alleged privatisation of medical colleges, the state high court indirectly found fault with his stand.

On Wednesday, a high court bench comprising chief justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and justice Cheemalapati Ravi strongly endorsed the Chandrababu Naidu government’s decision to construct 10 medical colleges under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model.

The bench refused to grant a stay on the tender process for the construction of medical colleges in PPP mode.

It observed that policy decisions — such as adopting a PPP model — are beyond judicial interference unless unconstitutional or illeg

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