IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.13880 of 1998 Between: L. Ramesh S/o Komaraiah R/o. H.No.16-8-785, Industrial Colony, Warangal -13 ..... PETITIONER AND The N.T.R. University of Health Sciences, Rep. by its Registrar, Vijayawada-8, Krishna District, .....RESPONDENT 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 call for the records from the respondent and issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondent in so far as re-counseling made on 6/05/1998 in respect of two unreserved seats for non-local candidates under the Osmania University, one at K.M.C., Warangal and the second at Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, ignoring merit of the Petitioner and allotting the seats to the higher rank holders, i.e., rank Nos. 1623 and 1640 in the MBBS Course as arbitrary, illegal, unjust , contrary to law, contrary to the rules and also in violation of Art.14 and21 of the Constitution of India; and consequently direct the respondent to allot the seat to the petitioner as per his merit in the MBBS Course. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.SRIDHAR RAO (Not present) Counsel for the Respondent: DR.Y.PADMAVATHI (Not present) The Court made the following: ORDER: Questioning the action of the respondent in so far as re-counseling made on 06-05-1998 in respect of two unreserved seats for non-locals under the Osmania University, one at K.M.C., Warangal and the other at Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, ignoring his merit and allotting the seats to the higher rank holders i.e., Rank Nos.1623 and 1640 in the MBBS Course 1997-98, the petitioner filed the present writ petition. When the matter is taken up today, none appears for the petitioner as well as the respondent. By lapse of time the prayer in the writ petition has become infructuous. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 22.02.2005 Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Registrar, N.T.R. University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada-8, Krishna District, 2 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{ESWAR}