IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 14781 of 2007 Between: Dr.U.Sivaiah, S/o.Adinarayana, R/o.Pothukunta (V), Dharmavaram(M), Ananthapur Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ananthapur, Rep.by its Registrar. 2. Sri Ravi Shekar, S/o.Not Known to the petitioner, Dept.of Zoology,Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ananthapur. .....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 considering the candidature of the 2nd respondent for appointment to the post of Asst.Professor in Zoology, notified vide notification dt.26-2-2007 as arbitrary, discriminatory and illegal and consequently set aside the same and direct the 1st respondent to consider and appointment the petitioner to the post of Asst.Professor in Zoology, reserved for BC-D category pursuant to the notification dt.26-2-2007 with all consequential benefits monetary or otherwise and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.V.JAGAPATHI Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.M.RAMALINGESWARA REDDY(SC FOR SKU) The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P.No.14781 of 2007 ORDER: The learned Standing Counsel for Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ananthapur, made a statement that the cause in the writ petition does not survive as the notification, which is the subject matter of challenge in this writ petition has already been set aside by this Court in a batch of connected writ petitions viz., W.P.No.7471 of 2007 and batch, dated 27-02-2008. The statement of the learned Standing Counsel is not disputed by the learned counsel for the petitioner. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. -------------------------------- Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J mrk 10th June 2009 ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1) 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{BMR}