IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 13868 of 1998 Between: 1 N.Rami Reddy S/o N.Raja Reddy obulampalli, Chittoor District 2 C.Adilchenchu Reddy S/o C.R.Krishna Reddy Vayalpad, Chittoor District 3 M.Venkatasiva Reddy S/o M.Kesava Reddy Chittoor District 4 K.Venkataramana S/o K.Chinnappa Nakkalavari Palli (V), Gunnamkonda (M) Chittoor district .....PETITIONERS AND 1 The Govt. of the Andhra Pradesh rep.by its Principal Secretary, Education Department, Secretariat Building , Hyderabad 2 The District Collector, Chittoor District 3 The Commissioner/Director of School Education, Govt of AP., Hyderabad 4 The Convenor, District, Selection Committe-cum-District Educational Officer, Government of AP., Chittoor District. .....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 by cancelling the written Examination conducted by the 3rd and 4th respondents on 19/04/98, for selection to the post of Secondary Grade Teacher, after declaring the inaction of the respondents in not taking Action even after the question papers leakage and in not conducting the examinations in secrecy as illegal, arbitrary and discriminatory and consequently Direct the Respondents to conduct the Written Examinations afresh for the post of Secondary Grade Teacher in Chittoor District. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.B.SUDHAKAR REDDY & NEERAJA REDDY (Not present) Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION (Not present) The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioners filed this writ petition seeking a Writ of Mandamus to cancel the written examination conducted by respondent Nos.3 and 4 on 19-04-1998 for selection to the post of Secondary Grade Teacher after declaring the inaction of the respondents in not taking action even after the question papers’ leakage and in not conducting the examinations in secrecy as illegal and arbitrary, and consequently to direct the respondents to conduct the written examinations afresh for the post of Secondary Grade Teacher in Chittoor District. When the matter came up today for hearing, none appears for the petitioner as well as the respondents. Inasmuch as no interim orders were passed and in fact, the petition in W.P.M.P. No.16706 of 1998 filed by the petitioner, seeking to cancel the interviews scheduled to be held from 14-05-1998 for the said post, pending disposal of the writ petition, was dismissed by order dated 16-7-1998, obviously, nothing survives and the cause in the writ petition must have elapsed by now. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. ______________ N.V. RAMANA, J Date: 04-03-2005 Svv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To The Principal Secretary, Govt. of the Andhra Pradesh, Education Department, Secretariat Building , Hyderabad 2 The District Collector, Chittoor District 3 The Commissioner/Director of School Education, Govt of AP., Hyderabad 4 The Convenor, District, Selection Committe-cum-District Educational Officer, Government of AP., Chittoor District. 5 Two C.Cs to the Government Pleader for School Education, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. Form-NIC-OGS/WP{GR}