THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.21714 of 1998 Dated 30-01-2008 Between: Kolluru Venkata Atchuta Ramaiah. ..... PETITIONER AND University of Hyderabad rep. By its Registrar, Gachibowli, Hyderabad & others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.21714 of 1998 O R D E R: In this writ petition, the selection of the third respondent and his appointment as professor in Molecular Genetics is questioned as illegal and declaration is sought to set aside the same. Sri V.V.Prabhakara Rao, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, would place before this Court a copy of the appointment order dated 08-09-2000, whereby the petitioner was promoted as professor in the Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, under the provisions of Career Advancement Scheme of the University Grants Commission, with effect from 27-07-1998. Learned counsel would submit that in view of the fact that the petitioner has also been promoted, he does not seek adjudication of the writ petition on merits and the writ petition may be dismissed as infructuous. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. _______________ 30-01-2008 usd