THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 16757 of 2001 Dated : 23.08.2005 Between: Dr. B.Vijaya Kumar, S/o. B. Ananda Rao, Centre for Mahayana Buddhist Studies And Philosophy, Nagarjuna University, Nagarjunanagar, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND Nagarjuna University, Rep. by its Registrar, Nagarjunanagar 522 510, Guntur District and another. …. RESPONDENTS ORDER: This writ petition is filed challenging the notification dated 28.07.2001 issued by the first respondent-Nagarjuna University. The grievance of the petitioner is that in pursuance of the notification issued by the respondent-university on 06.05.1997, he had applied for the post of Associate Professor in Mahayana Buddhist Studies along with other candidates and he was also interviewed. However, the respondent-University, without filling up the said vacancy, issued a fresh notification dated 28.07.2001 for the same post reserving it for women contrary to the guidelines issued by this Court in W.A.No.874 of 2000, whereunder this Court directed that the vacancies shall be filled up in accordance with the rules that existed when the vacancies fell vacant. A counter-affidavit has been filed by the respondents stating that in pursuance of the notification dated 28.07.2001, interviews were conducted for the post of Associate Professor in Mahayana Buddhist Studies, but no candidate was found eligible and therefore, appointment could not be made for the said post. Therefore, there is no lis to be adjudicated. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as having become in fructuous. No costs. __________ 23.08.2005 sh