IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD Taken Up W.P.No.24058 of 2005 Dt. 08-10-2007 Between: 1. Nageshwar Rao and another ..Petitioners and 1. The Secretary to Government of A.P. Social Welfare (Tribal Welfare) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and another ..Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY Taken Up W.P.No.24058 of 2005 Oral Order: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice P.Swaroop Reddy) This writ petition is taken up on the basis of a letter addressed by Nageswar Rao and Banothu Ravi, 4th year students of National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) University of Law, Hyderabad with regard to Post-matric Scholarship and Full reimbursement of fees. Division Bench of this Court by order dated 12-12-2005 directed the respondents to pay scholarships to all the SC/ST students who are studying at NALSAR University, Hyderabad from the academic year 2005-2006. As per the petitioners, they were in final year Law on the date of petition. So, by this time they must have completed their education. Consequently the writ petition becomes infructuous. It is also brought to our notice by the learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare that subsequently the Government has issued orders vide G.O. (RT) No.313 dated 12-06-2006 granting scholarships to the students with retrospective effect. The relevant para of the G.O. reads as under: “The Government after careful examination of the matter, hereby order to treat the G.O.Rt.No.221 S.W. (T.W.Edn.I) Department dated 28-04-2005 with retrospective effect keeping in view of the guidelines of GOI and W.P.No.24058/2005 of the A.P.High Court for reimbursement of fees to the eligible S.T. students as per the fee structure prescribed by the NALSAR University of law subject to meeting the expenditure from the budget provision of 2006-2007.” The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as having become infructuous. _______________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J. _________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J. 08-10-2007 Murthy