IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.7142 of 1996 Between: 1 K.Bhasker Babu S/o Nageshwara Rao C.S.S.R & S.S.R Memorial Degree College, Kamalapuram, Cuddapah Dist. 2 C.Ram Mohan, S/o Subbaiah C.S.S.R & S.R.R Memorial Degree College, Kamalapuram, Cuddapah Dist. 3 A. Sunil Kumar S/o Guraiah C.S.S.R & S.R.R Memorial Degree College, Kamalapuram, Cuddapah Dist. 4 K.Venkataramana S/o Venkateswara Raju C.S.S.R & S.R.R Memorial Degree College, Kamalapuram, Cuddapah Dist. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Secretary to Government, Education (HE) Dept., Govt. of A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Collegiate Education Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 The A.P. State Council of Higher Education, rep. by its Secretary, Nampally, Hyderabad. 4 The Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Govt. of A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad. 5 The Correspondent, Sri C.S.S.R & S.R.R Memorial Degree College Kamalapuram, Cuddapah Dist. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus holding that the action the 3rd Respondent imposing condition on scholarships and concessional Bus-Passes in his Letter Rc. No.103/A.P.S.C.H.E/95-96 dt. 16/9/95 is illegal, arbitrary and affendents under Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and consequently to direct the respondents to pay Scholarships to all the Students belonging to S.C., S.T. and B.C's who are studying B.Sc course in the 5th Respondent Degree College. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.D.KODANDARAMI REDDY (Not present) Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (Not present) The Court made the following: ORDER: The petitioners filed the present writ petition seeking to direct the respondents to pay Scholarships to all the students belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes, who are studying B.Sc. Course in 5th Respondent-Degree College. When the matter is taken up today, none appears for the petitioners as well as the respondents. The relief sought by the petitioners in this writ petition is only for 3 years B.Sc. Course, and by lapse of time the prayer in the writ petition has become infructuous. Hence, the Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. ________________ (N.V. RAMANA, J) Date: 09.11.2004 Nsr/Asp To 1 The Secretary to Government, Education (HE) Dept., Govt. of A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Collegiate Education Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 The Secretary, A.P. State Council of Higher Education, Nampally, Hyderabad. 4 The Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Govt. of A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad. 5 The Correspondent, Sri C.S.S.R & S.R.R Memorial Degree College Kamalapuram, Cuddapah Dist. 6 Two CCs to GP for Higher Education, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 7 Two CD copies.