IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 13321 of 2008 Between: V.Manusha D/o.V.Anjaiah Minor rep.by its natural Guardian & Father Sri V.Anjaiah S/o.Bheemaiah ZPS Shcool Badamapalli R/o.Ponkal(V) Jannaram(M) Adilabad District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Govt of A.P rep.by its Secretary Department of Higher Education A.P Secretariat Saifabad Hyderabad 2 The Rajeev Gandhi University of Knowledge Techonologies IIIT Campus Gachibowli Near Hitech City Hyderabad rep.by its Vice Chancellor 3 The District Education Officer Government of A.P Adilabad District .....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 order or direction more particularly one nature of writ of Mandamus declaring that the action of the 1st and 2nd respondents in not selecting the petitioner for admission into IIIT course for the academic year 2008-09 though she is Mandal Proper rank holder in SSC Examination in Jannaram(M) Adilabad District and allotting the seat to the student who secured less number to total marks than the petitioner is illegal arbitrary irrational and violative of Article 14 of the constitution of India and consequently direct the 1st and 2nd respondents to allot a seat to the petitioner for admission into IIIT course for the year 2008- 09. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.P.PRABHAKAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents.: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court made the following : O R D E R : When writ petition came up for hearing on 27.08.2008 there was no representation on behalf of the petitioner and therefore, it was directed to be listed after three weeks. Even on this day when the matter came up for consideration, there is no representation on behalf of the petitioner. The conduct of the petitioner indicates that she is not interested in pursuing this writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed for non- prosecution. No costs. ______________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J. Date: 17th September, 2008. cs ..... ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. 2. 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VSMI}