IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 18337 of 2007 Between: St. Mary's Engineering College, Deshmukhi Village, Pochampally mandal, Nalgonda District, rep by its Correspondent Rev. K.V.K. Rao/ ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Admission and Fee Ragulatory Committee, For Regulatingthe Admissions in PRivate Un-Aided Professiona Colleges and Allied Matters) 1st Floor (south Wing), Gagan Vihar, MJ Road, hyderabad, rep by Member Secretary. 2 The A.P. State Council of Higher Education, rep by its Secretary, Mahavir Marg, Masab Tank, Hyderabad. 3 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kukatpally, Hyderabad-72, rep by its Registrar. 4 The Convenor EAMCET C/o A.P. State Council Higher Education Mahavir Marg, Masab Tank, Hyderabad. 5 The Convenor, EAMCET-AC, C/o AWII Window 401, Srinivasa Apartments, 866, 6th Street, Humayun Nagar, 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 issue a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent No.1 in rejecting the option of the petitioner dt 31-7-2007 vide the impugned proceedings in Lr. No. 01/AFRC- RA/2007-608 dt 17-8-2007 received by the petitioner on 27-8-2007 and the consequential inclusion of the petitioner in the SW1-Minority window in the notified phase of counseling as arbitrary illegal, offending Article 14 of the Constitution of India and for a consequential direction to the respondents to treat the petitioner as a Christian minority educational institution and to make admission in SW Ii window for the academic year 2007-08 and pass such other order or orders as are deemed fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.S.SRI RAM Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court made the following : ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the cause in this writ petition does not survive for adjudication and it has become infructuous. Recording the aforesaid submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. __________ 13-08-2008 rkk