IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT APPEAL NO : 835 of 2000 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 8/02/2000 in WP NO.26970 OF 1998 on the file of the High Court.) Between: 1 Mohammadiya Education Society Rep by its Secretary The Management of Andhra Muslim College Ponnur Road , Guntur. 2 Khateeb Ahmed Hussain S/o. A .Basith Andhra Muslim college Ponnur Road , Guntur. Appellant No.2 is added as per Court Order dt; 27/6/02 WASR:19305/2000. ..... APPELLANTS AND 1 A.Koteswaramma @Mehrunnisa 2 The State of A.P. rep by its secretary to Govt Higher Education Govt of A.P Secretarit Building , Hyderabad. 3 The Commissioner Collegiate education Hyderabad. 4 Patan Mahaboob subhani Andhra Muslim College Punnur Road , Guntur. 5 Nagarjuna University Rep by its Registrar NagarjunaNagar , Guntur Dist. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Appellant:MR.RAMA RAO PHILKHANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT APPEAL NO : 1151 of 2000 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 10/08/2000 in WP NO : 10695 OF 2000 on the file of the High Court.) Between: Smt. Dr.A.Koteswaramma @ Mehrunnisa, W/o Sayed Mahaboob, Andhra Muslim College, Guntur, Guntur District. ..... APPELLANT AND 1 The State of A.P., rep by its Secretary to Govt. Education (Higher ) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Collegiate Education, Govt of A.P, Nampally, Hyderabad-500001. 3 The Regional Joint Director, Higher Education, Women's College Campus, Guntur, Guntur District. 4 mohammadiaya Education Society, Management of Andhra muslim College, rep by its Correspondent, Ponnur Road, Guntur, Guntur District. 5 Sri K.A. Hussain, Principal (Incharge), Andhra Muslim College, Ponnur Road, Guntur, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Appellant:MS.K.N.VIJAYA LAXMI Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT APPEAL Nos.835 & 1151 OF 2000 COMMON JUDGMENT: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A.Gopal Reddy) These two writ appeals are interconnected and the petitioner in both the writ petitions is one and the same. Hence, they are heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment. Dr. A. Koteswaramma @ Mehrunnisa ﬁled W.P.No.26970 of 1998 questioning the G.O.Rt.No.1124, Education, dated 3.9.1998 issued by the State of Andhra Pradesh and the consequential proceedings in Rc.No.5855/P.C.IV-2/96, dated 19.9.1998 communicating the G.O. to the Commissioner of Collegiate Education, Government of A.P., Hyderabad. Through the said G.O., the oﬃcial respondents approved the orders of Mohammadiya Education Society, appellant No.1 in W.A.No.835 of 2000 appointing one Patan Mahaboob Subhani (4th respondent in W.A.No.835 of 2000) as the Principal of Andhra Muslim College, Guntur. The said Writ Petition was allowed by order dated 8.3.2000 by the learned single judge of this Court quashing the G.O.Rt.No.1124 with consequential direction to the Commissioner of Collegiate Education to constitute the selection committee within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of the order and that the selection committee should complete the process of selection within one month thereafter to put a quietus to the long drawn battle of the writ petitioner for over four years. Aggrieved thereby, the Management of Mohammadiya Education Society and Khateeb Ahmed Hussain filed Writ Appeal No.835 of 2000. On allowing the above writ petition, Dr. A. Koteswaramma @ Mehrunnisa ﬁled W.P.No.10695 of 2000 questioning the appointment of K.A. Hussain, 5th respondent therein as Principal of Andhra Muslim College, Guntur and challenging the proceedings No.28/Estt./2000, dated 25.5.2000 as arbitrary and consequently to appoint the petitioner as Principal of Andhra Muslim College, Guntur. A learned Single Judge of this Court dismissed the said Writ Petition by order dated 10.8.2000 holding that there is no inﬁrmity in the selection and appointment of said K.A. Hussain as Principal (Incharge) of Andhra Muslim College, Guntur. Aggrieved thereby, Dr. A. Koteswaramma @ Mehrunnisa ﬁled Writ Appeal No.1151 of 2000. When both the Writ Appeals are taken up for hearing, it is represented that K.A. Hussain, 5th respondent in W.A.No.1151 of 2000, who was appointed as Incharge Principal of Andhra Muslim College, Guntur has relinquished his post of Principal and now he is working as Lecturer. In view of the above, no cause survives in both the Writ Appeals and they are accordingly dismissed granting liberty to the writ petitioner Dr. A. Koteswaramma @ Mehrunnisa to avail the remedies available to her to consider her case for being appointed as Principal of the College, if not already been considered. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ A. GOPAL REDDY, J. ______________________ 04th SEPTEMBER, 2008 VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J. Tsr. Copy to: 1 The Secretary to Govt., Higher Education, State of A.P., Secretarit Building , Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner Collegiate education Hyderabad. 3 The Registrar, Nagarjuna University, NagarjunaNagar , Guntur Dist. 4. The Regional Joint Director, Higher Education, Women's College Campus, Guntur, Guntur District. 5. Two C.Cs. to G.P. for Higher Education, High Court Buildings, (OUT) 6. Two C.D. copies.