HON’BLE SHRI G.S. SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE WRIT PETITION No.3338 OF 1994 Between: Dr.Y.V.Satyanarayana ……Petitioner And Andhra University, represented by its Registrar, Waltair and five others ……Respondents :: ORDER :: Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri P.V.Mahesh representing Sri M.R.K.Chowdary Counsel for Respondent No.1 : Mr.Venkatanarayana Representing Dr.P.B.Vijay Kumar Counsel for Respondent No.6 : Government Pleader for Higher Education Dated: 22-08-2006 In this petition filed on 26-02-1994, the petitioner has prayed for quashing Advertisement No.TS 1/92 dated 17-10-1992 issued by Andhra University for recruitment of Professors in the Department of Philosophy. At the commencement of arguments, learned Government Pleader for Higher Education stated that legality of the advertisement impugned in this petition has been upheld by the Full Bench of this Court while dismissing Writ Petition No.4885 of 1995, M.Vijaya Raja Kumar and others VS. The Government of Andhra Pradesh and connected matters decided on 16-12-2005. The aforementioned statement of the learned Government Pleader has not been controverted by learned counsel for the petitioner. In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed with the direction that the reasons recorded in the judgment of the Full Bench shall be read as part of this order. There is another reason for declining relief to the petitioner. On the date of filing the writ petition, the petitioner’s age was about 47 years. As on today, he must have reached the age of retirement. According to the counsel for the petitioner, respondent Nos.3 and 4 who were appointed as Professors pursuant to the advertisement impugned in the writ petition have also attained the age of superannuation. In this view of the matter, adjudication of the issue raised by the petitioner will be of academic importance only and, at this belaged stage, there is no warrant for undertaking such an exercise. G.S. SINGHVI, CJ 22-08-2006 ks