IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 8061 of 2000 Between: 1 G.Srinivas Reddy, S/o Ellaiah, R/o Regadi Maddi Kunta (Village), Sultanabad (Mandal), Karimnagar District. 2 G.Krishnaiah, S/o Gopaiah, Tadakamalla Post & Village, Miryalaguda Mandal, Nalgonda District-508217. ... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Principal, University College of Law, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500007. 2 The Osmania University, Rep by its Vice-Chancellor, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500007. 3 The State of A.P., Rep by its Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Secretariat, Hyderabad. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of mandamus declaring the action of the 1st Respondent in refusing to fill up the available vacant seats in the 1st Year L.L.B. Course of the academic year 1999- 2000 by mid-way stopping the already initiated spot admission process after having sent the call letters as patently unreasonable initiated spot admission process after having sent the call letters as patently unreasonable, highly arbitrary and hence violative of Articles 14 & 21 of the Constitution of India and also violative petitioners right to education implicitly guaranteed by Article 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the 1st Respondent to hold spot admission for the available vacant seats. Counsel for the Petitioners : MR. SRI HARI REDDY AVUTHU Counsel for the Respondents : MR.Deepak Battacharjee, SC The Court made the following : O R D E R : These two petitioners appeared for LAW Common Entrance Test, 1999 (LAWCET- 1999) seeking admission into First Year LL.B. Course in first respondent. First petitioner was sent a call letter advising him to attend the counseling on 17-12-1999. On that day, however, the counseling could not be held. The petitioner again received call letter dated 12-1-2000 advising him to attend the counseling on 27-1- 2000. But the petitioner could not get admission on that day. Similarly, second petitioner also could not get admission on the two days when the counseling was held. The grievance of the petitioners is that though there are unfilled seats in First Year LL.B., the respondents did not proceed with further counseling in spite of the fact that they were given to understand that further counseling will be held for filling of the vacant seats. Therefore, they filed the present writ petition seeking writ of mandamus directing first respondent to hold spot admissions for the available vacant seats for the academic year 1999-2000. This Court while admitting the writ petition passed interim orders in W.P.M.P.No.10529 of 2000, dated 2-5-2000 directing first respondent to receive the representation of the petitioners dated 29-4-2000 and consider the same to fill up the available vacant seats in the First Year LL.B. for the year 1999-2000. As the petitioners sought for admission during the academic year 1999-2000 and this Court already directed first respondent to consider the representation made by the petitioners, nothing survives in the writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. No costs. _______________ (V.V.S. RAO, J.) Dt.09-09-2004. Msr. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Principal, University College of Law, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500007. 2 The Osmania University, Rep by its Vice-Chancellor, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500007. 3 The Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Govt.of A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 4. 2CD copies HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S. RAO WRIT PETITION No.8061 of 2000 Dt.09-09-2004. (Msr)