IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 17667 of 2001 Between: M.Nagendra Reddy ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The Convener, Ed.CET-2001, Kakatiya University, Warangal, A.P. 2. The Govt. of A.P., rep. by its Secretary, Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3. The Commissioner, A.P. State Council of Higher Education, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 4. The Commissioner of Disabled Welfare, State ofA.P., office at Chandra Vihar, 6th floor, Mojamjahi Market, Hyderabad. 5. The Chief Commissioner of Disabilities, Govt. of India, G-31, Sector-39, Noida, New Delhi. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly a Writ in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents 1 to 3 in not reserving 3% of the seats for the persons with disabilities and prescribing minimum qualifying marks of 53 for the blinds for admission into B.Ed. course under the Common Entrance Test Ed.CET- 2001 conducted by the first respondent as arbitrary, discriminatory and illegal and consequentially direct the respondents 1 to 3 to give 3% of the seats to the persons with disabilities without insisting minimum marks of 53 for the blinds and other disabled persons in B.Ed. course and to declare the action of the second respondent in bifurcating the percentage of seats amongst the disabled in G.O.Ms.No.110 School Education (TRG.I) Department, dated 6.9.2001 as arbitrary and illegal. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.M.NARENDER REDDY Counsel for Respondent No.1 : Mr.T.S.HARANATH Counsel for Respondent No.3 : Mr.K.RAMESH BABU Counsel for Respondents 2, 4 & 5 : G.P. FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no cause survives in this writ petition and it has become infructuous. Recording the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. _____________ N.V.RAMANA, J Date: 8.7.2005 DA To 1. The Convener, Ed.CET-2001, Kakatiya University, Warangal, A.P. 2. The Secretary, Govt. of A.P., Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3. The Commissioner, A.P. State Council of Higher Education, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 4. The Commissioner of Disabled Welfare, State of A.P., office at Chandra Vihar, 6th floor, Mojamjahi Market, Hyderabad. 5 The Chief Commissioner of Disabilities, Govt. of India, G-31, Sector-39, Noida, New Delhi. 6 Two CCs to the G.P. for School Education, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 7 Two CD copies.