IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY WRIT PETITION No.1974 of 2000 Between: 1 A.Rajendra Prasad S/o.Redankaiah Bharathnagar Colony Hyderabad 2 Patnayakuni Satya Sanyasi Appa Rao S/o.Balarama Swamy R/o.Denda Vizianagaram Dist 3 Pasupuleti Venkata Ramana Murthy S/o.Madhusudhana Rao R/o.Pattabhipuram II Lane, Guntur, Guntur District 4 Shaik Mastan Valli S/o.Shaik Khairathi Saheb R/o.4-20-65, Near JKC College, Guntur 5 A.D.Venkata Ramana Raju S/o.Subba Rama Raju R/o.Gadikota Village, Veeraballi Mandal Cuddapah District 6 C.Rukmangadha Raju S/o.Subba Raju Gadikota Village Veeraballi Mandal Cuddapah District ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The A.P.Public Service Commission, rep.by its Secretary, Gruhakalpa, Hyderabad 2 The State of A.P., rep.by its Secretary to Government General Administration Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 notice a writ order or direction more in the nature of writ of mandamus directing the respondents to consider the case of the petitioners fro Group-II services pursuant to the Advertisement No.10/99 by treating them as within the age and further direct the respondents to enhance the upper age limit to the extent of number of years for which the notification was not issued by declaring the action of the respondents is illegal, bad and arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and further held that the order of the Tribunal Dt.7/2/2000 in OA.Nos.434/2000 and 463/2000 as contrary to law and set aside the same. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.J.R.MANOHAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP SERVICES III The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY WRIT PETITION No.1974 of 2000 ORDER: (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice V. Eswaraiah) Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ V.ESWARAIAH, J _____________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J Date: 11-06-2009 Prv