IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 8330 of 1998 Between: Swamy Vivekananda Memorial Junior College, Gadwal rep. by Correspondent A. Narayana Goud R/o H.No.6-3-66, Momin Street, Gadwal ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of A.P. rep. by its Secretary, Higher Education Department Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Secretary, Board of Inermediate Education Government of A.P. Hyderabad 3 The Secretary, Govt. of A.P.S.W. Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad 4 Commissioner, Backward Class Welfare, Hyderabad. ( Impleaded as per court order dt:24.2.99 in wpmp.4292/99) 5 District Backward Class Welfare Officer, Mahaboobnagar (Impleaded as per court order dt:24.2.99 in wpmp.4292/99) 6 Asst. Backward Welfare Officer, Gadwal, Mahaboobnagar Dist. (Impleaded as per court order dt:24.2.99 in wpmp.4292/99) .....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 a Writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in imposing condition on Scholarships and Concessional Bus Passes Vide Rc.No.1/MBNG/E4-2/95-96 dt: 6- 3-1996 as illegal, arbitrary and offends the Art.14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to pay the Scholarships to the students belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Class Communities who are studying in the petitioner's Junior College and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.V.SRIHARI Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking to issue a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the second respondent in imposing condition on Scholarships and Concessional bus passes vide Rc.No.1/MBNG/E4-2/95-96, dated 06.03.1996 as illegal and arbitrary, and consequently, to direct the respondents to pay the Scholarships to the students belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Class Communities, who are studying in the petitioner’s Junior College. This Court, on 22.02.1998, while admitting the writ petition granted interim order suspending the condition imposed by the second respondent in his aforesaid proceedings. However, as the matter pertains to Scholarships and Concessional bus passes for the academic year 1995-96, due to efflux of time nothing survives for adjudication, and the same has become infructuous. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. _________ 25.04.2005 dr/tvk To 1 The Government of A.P. rep. by its Secretary, Higher Education Department Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Secretary, Board of Inermediate Education Government of A.P. Hyderabad 3 The Secretary, Govt. of A.P.S.W. Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad 4 Commissioner, Backward Class Welfare, Hyderabad. 5 District Backward Class Welfare Officer, Mahaboobnagar 6 Asst. Backward Welfare Officer, Gadwal, Mahaboobnagar Dist. 7 2 CCs to Government Pleader for High Education, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. (OUT) 8 2 CD copies