IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.13638 of 1998 Between: 1 K. Sunder Raju, S/o Narayana Raju, Besides Petrol Bunk, Torrur Village & Mandal, Warangal District. 2 B.Venkateswarlu, S/o Madasu, R/o Mataid, Torrur Mandal, Warangal District. 3 Sree Perumbuduru Sreenivasa Swamy, S/o S.Laxmana Murthy, Haripirala Post, (Via) Waddekothapally, Warangal District. 4 L. Surya Kantha Rao, S/o Narsing Rao, R/o Jaipur Village, Narayanapet Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District. 5 T.V.R.Narsaiah. S/o Venkaiah, W/o Warangal. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Educational Officer-cum-Member Convenor of District Selection Committee, Warangal, Warangal District. 2 The District Educational Officer-cum-Member Convenor of District Selection Committee, Mahaboobnagar District. 3 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Secretary, Education Dept., Secretariat, 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 may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction, preferably one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents 1 and 2 in not evaluating the answer sheets of the petitioners pursuant to the written Test conducted on 19-4-98 by the concerned District Selection Committees for the post of S.G.B.T./School Asst. on technical grounds, is illegal, arbitrary and contrary to law and further summon the answer sheets of the petitioners and evaluate the same by some other means other than computers for their selection to the said posts. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.J.KANAKAIAH (Not present) Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION The Court made the following: ORDER: Questioning the action of the respondent Nos.1 and 2 in not evaluating the answer sheets of the petitioners pursuant to the written test conducted on 19.04.1998 by the concerned District Selection Committees for the posts of S.G.B.T/School Assistants, the present writ petition is filed. When the matter is taken up today, none appears for the petitioners. Learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents submits that by lapse of time the prayer in the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 22.02.2005 Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The District Educational Officer-cum-Member Convenor of District Selection Committee, Warangal, Warangal District. 2 The District Educational Officer-cum-Member Convenor of District Selection Committee, Mahaboobnagar District. 3 The Secretary, Education Dept., Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 4 Two CCs to GP for School Education, High Court of AP, Hyderabad (OUT) 5 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KCS}