IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) SATURDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.19932 of 2003 Between: B. Madhukar Reddy s/o. B. Narasimha Reddy r/o 1-11-132, Golnaka Alwal. Secunderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh rep. by its Secretary Higher Education Depasrtment Secreetariat, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 A.P. Board of Intermediate Education, rep. by its Secretary, Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 Joint Director Commissioner of Intermediate Education, Nampally, Hyderabad. 4 Kumari Naga Deepthi rep. by her Father & Guradian P.V. Sharma, 8-2-667/3, Engineer, colony, yellareddy Guda 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 to issue a writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents-1 to 3 in not selecting the petitioner for the purpose of "Pratibha puraskar" Award for the students who secured Meritorious Rank in the Intermediate Course and in selecting the 4th Respondent in his place as illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory and voilative of Article- 14 and 20 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respokndent-1 to 3 to considered the case of the petitioner for inclusion in the list for "Pratibha Puraskar" Award. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. Counsel for the Respondent No.: . The Court made the following: Form-NIC-OGS/WP{ } THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.19932 of 2003 O R D E R: None appeared for the petitioner. The petitioner filed the present writ petition seeking to issue a Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondent Nos.1 to 3 in not selecting him for the purpose of “Pratibha Puruskar” Award for the year 2003, as illegal and arbitrary. The cause in this writ petition does not survive since the year of “Pratibha Puraskar” Award was already over, and the writ petition has become infructuous. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. ___________________ V.ESWARAIAH,J Dated: 19.04.2008 Dsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh rep. by its Secretary Higher Education Depasrtment Secreetariat, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 A.P. Board of Intermediate Education, rep. by its Secretary, Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 Joint Director Commissioner of Intermediate Education, Nampally, Hyderabad. 4.2CCs to 5.2CD copies