THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION No.22184 of 2011 Date: 09.08.2011 Between: Mir Irfan Ul Haque and others. … Petitioners and Union of India, rep. by its Secretary, Human Resources Development, Central Secretariat Buildings, New Delhi and others. … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION No.22184 of 2011 ORDER : By order dated 5.8.2011, the Principal Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, was directed to appear before this Court to answer the stand taken by the 3rd respondent-Dravidian University that the Examinations for M.Phil. and Ph.D. courses were not conducted on the oral instructions of the Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department. 2. In pursuance of the said directions, the Principal Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, appeared before this Court today and filed his affidavit. 3. In the affidavit, the Principal Secretary has denied that he gave any oral instructions. Along with the affidavit, he has also filed a letter No.DU/R/2011, dated 6.8.2011 addressed by the Registrar of Dravidian University to the Principal Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department. 4. As could been seen from the said letter, the examinations were postponed in view of non-receipt of question papers from the paper setters. The said affidavit and the letter dated 6.8.2011 are placed on record. 5. Sri T.D. Rajasekhar, counsel representing Sri P. Venugopal, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, submits that as the 3rd respondent-Dravidian University is proposing to go ahead with the conducting of examinations, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication and the petitioners are not insisting for adjudication of the matter. 6. In view of the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as not pressed, at the admission stage. No order as to costs. ________________________ JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI 09.08.2011. Msr THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION No.22184 of 2011 09.08.2011 (Msr)