IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT APPEAL NO : 1000 of 2004 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 02/04/2004 in WP NO: 13825 OF 2003 on the file of the High Court.) Between: 1. Ravi Rishi Educational Society, rep by its Secretary & Chairman, N. Manjusha, W/o. N. Ramesh, Aged 31 yrs. R/o. Hyderabad. 2. Sant Samarth Institute of Management, Bhongir, Nalgonda District rep by its Secretary & Chairman, N. Manjusha, W/o. N. Ramesh, aged 31 yrs. Hyderabad. ..... APPELLANTS AND 1 Osmania Univesity, Hyderabad. rep by its Registrar 2 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Higher Education Department, Rep by its Principal Secretary, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Appellant: Mr.S.NIRANJAN REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: Mr.Deepak Bhattacharjee SC for Respondent No.1 GP for Higher Education for Respondent No.2. The Court made the following : ORAL JUDGMENT: (per The Honourable Sri Devinder Gupta, the Chief Justice) Writ Petition of the appellants was dismissed by the learned Single Judge in which appellants sought for quashing of proceedings dated: 27.6.2003 issued by the Osmania University, and, consequently, sought direction to treat the 2nd petitioner institution on par with regular institutions which were granted post facto affiliation by granting affiliation for the year 2002-2003. Learned counsel for appellants submits that now the concerned academic year for which relief was sought having come to an end, the Appeal has been rendered infructuous. However, he seeks liberty to the appellants to approach Osmania University, Hyderabad and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University for appropriate relief to the appellants irrespective of the dismissal of their writ petition. With leave and liberty granted to the appellants to approach the Universities, the Writ Appeal is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. ______________________ DEVINDER GUPTA, C.J. 12.7.2004. ____________ G.ROHINI, J. VR. To 1 The Registrar, Osmania Univesity, Hyderabad. 2 The Principal Secretary to Govt. of A.P. Higher Education Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 3. Two CCs to Govt. Pleader for Higher Education, High Court Bldgs, Hyd. (OUT) 4. Two CD copies.