IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 1412 of 2000 Between: L.S.N. Murthy, S/o. L.Ramdhandraiah, R/o.H.No.16-2-145/D/2, New Malakpet, Hyderabad-36. ..... PETITIONER AND Osmania University, Rep. by its Registrar, O.U. Campus, Hyderabad-7. .....RESPONDENT 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 any order or direction or Writ more particularly in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondent in not grating exemption to the candidates who published two (2) articles in any recognised professional academic journals from appearing eligibility test for admission into Ph.D. Course for the year-2000 on par with the candidates who passed M-Phil, NET, JRF, and SLET as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional, null and void and consequently direct the Respondent to give admission to the Petitioner into Ph.D. Course (Sociology) for the year 2000. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. K.LAKSHMI MANOHAR Counsel for the Respondent: MR. K.RAMAKANTH REDDY The Court made the following: ORDER: None appeared for petitioner, nor any representation made on his behalf. Learned counsel for respondent submits that the cause in the writ petition does not survive and it has become infructuous. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ____________ N.V.RAMANA,J 14-6-2005 TVK To, 1.. The Registrar, Osmania University, O.U. Campus, Hyderabad-7. 2.. 2 CD copies