IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) SATURDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 25397 of 1998 Between: S. Pradeep Kumar S/o. Late S. Vishwanath Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University College of Fine Arts, Hyderabad. R/o. Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of A.P. Rep. by Principal Secretary, Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Univesity Grants Commission, Rep. by its Secretary, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi. 3 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Rep. by its Registrar, Mahaveer Marg, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to set aside the Panel/recommendations of the Search Committee for the post of Vice-Chancellor of the Respondent Univesity by holding the action of the Respondents in filling the post of Vice- Chancellor without any procedure and that too by a defective Search Committee as bad, illegal, arbitrary, irrational, illogical, void-ab-initio, without jurisdiction, opposed to the Provisions of the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological Univesity Act, and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondents No. 1 and 2 herein to issue guidelines/norms/procedure/regulations/rules etc., in the matter of filling the post of Vice-Chancellor of the Respondent University and to fill up the said post only thereafter, by the issuance of Writ, Order or Direction essentially in the nature of Writ of Mandamus. And Pass such other Order or Orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit, proper and necessary in the circumstances. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.SATISH DESHPANDEY Counsel for the Respondent : MR.M.RATNA REDDY FOR R GP FOR TRANSPORT FOR R GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION FOR R The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN W.P.No.25397 of 1998 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a direction from this Court to set aside the panel/recommendations of the Search Committee for the post of Vice-Chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (J.N.T.U) by holding the action of the respondent in filling the post of Vice-Chancellor without any procedure that too by a defective search committee, as illegal and arbitrary and for a consequential direction to the respondent to issue guidelines/norms in the matter of filling the post of Vice-Chancellor of the respondent- University and fill up the post thereafter. Sri Satish Deshpande, Learned Counsel for the petitioner would fairly state that no interim orders were passed during the pendency of the writ petition. Learned Government Pleader for Higher Education submits that the person appointed as Vice- Chancellor in 1998 continued for two terms and that he is no longer the Vice-Chancellor and that a fresh appointment has been made. Since the person who was appointed as Vice-Chancellor in the year 1998 is no longer the Vice-Chancellor of the J.N.T.U as at present, the questions raised in this writ petition do not necessitate examination. The writ petition has become infructuous and is accordingly dismissed. ___________ 12-6-2008 asp