IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 7283 of 1999 Between: Abdul Salam S/o.S.K.Mastan R/o.Repalle, Guntur Dist ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Selection Committee -1997 Urdu (Special) rep.by its Chairman/ District Collector, Guntur, Guntur Dist 2 The District Educational Officer, Guntur 3 The Commissioner & Director of School Education Government of Andhra Pradesh, Saifabad, Hyderabad 4 The State of Andhra Pradesh rep.by its Secretary Education Department Secretariat Buildings, 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 pass orders in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the orders of the respondent in L.Dis.No.1.Spl/U.R./A2/97, Dt.08/01/1999 and the judgment of the A.P.Administrative Tribunal in OA.No.602/1999 dt.22/02/1999 as arbitrary, illegal, discriminatory, irrational and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to appoint the petitioner as secondary grade Teacher (Urdu) and grant such other order. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.KASAJAGANMOHAN REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR SERVICES II The Court made the following : ORDER: (Per the Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ghulam Mohammed) This writ petition has been ﬁled questioning the order dated 08-01-1999 of the 1st respondent and the judgment dated 22-02-1999 of the A.P. Administrative Tribunal made in O.A. No.602 of 1999. It is the case of the petitioner that he is an Ex- serviceman appeared for the District Selection Committee, 1999 for the post of Secondary Grade Teacher (Urdu) and he was interviewed by the respondents on 06-11-1997 but he was not selected in the general category. Therefore, he requested the respondents to consider his case under Ex- serviceman quota vide representation dated 25-11-1997. The 1st respondent passed the impugned order dated 08-01-1999 stating that it is not feasible to consider his request as there is no Ex-servicemen quota for Urdu Teachers and the selection is already over. In this connection, the petitioner also ﬁled O.A. No.602 of 1999 before the A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad and the same was dismissed on the ground that there is no reservation to the Ex-servicemen for Urdu Teachers. Assailing the same, the petitioner has come up with the instant writ petition. From a perusal of the record, it is seen that at the time of ﬁling this writ petition, the petitioner was 48 years old and more than nine years have lapsed and as such, the cause in this writ petition does not survive for adjudication due to eﬄux of time and the subject matter of this petition has become infructuous. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________________ JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED _________________________ JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH Date: 11-09-2008 L SK/BSC