IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.14707 of 2003 Between: Lords Educational Society, 8-2-676, Road No.12, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad-34, rep. by its President Mr. Basha Mohiuddin (Unit Lords Institute of Engineering & Technology, Himayat Sagar, R.R.Dsitrict) ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Principal Secretary, Minority Welfare Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad 3 Convenor, EAMCET-2003, Sanketika Bhavan, Masab Tank, Hyderabad 4 The Secretary, A.P. State Council for Higher Education, Saifabad, Hyderabad .....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 writ, order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the Memo.No.5193/EC.2/2003-1 dated 9-7-2003 issued by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Higher Education (EC) Department, as illegal, void and inoperative and accordingly set aside the same; (ii) direct the respondents herein to consider the petitioner's application for conferment of minority status in accordance with law and grant Minority Status Certificate to Lords Institute of Engineering and Technology being run by the petitioner society (iii) direct the respondent No. 1 to issue Provisional Minority Certificate to Lords Institute of Engineering & Technology, Himayat Sagar, Ranga Reddy District for the Academic Year 2003-2004, being the 1st year after establishment of the College. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.Y.VENKATESH REDDY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 4: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court made the following : ORDER: Mr. Y. Venkatesh Reddy, learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the writ petition has become infructuous. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. _______________ Date: 1st September, 2004. (V.V.S. RAO, J) YS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Principal Secretary, Minority Welfare Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad 3 The Convenor, EAMCET-2003, Sanketika Bhavan, Masab Tank, Hyderabad 4 The Secretary, A.P. State Council for Higher Education, Saifabad, Hyderabad 5 Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Higher Education, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (O.U.T) 6 Two C.D. copies.