IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 27637 of 2007 Between: V.V.N. Murthy, S/o. Narasimham, Badge No. 358, Dredge house, Port Area, Visakhapatnam. ..... PETITIONER AND The Board of Directors, Dredging Corporation of India limited, Rep by its Chairman & Managing Director, Dredge House, Port Area, Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENT 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 an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the Advertisement No. 05/2007, dated. 23-10-2007 issued by the respondents in limiting the candidates with qualiﬁcation MBA (Systems) alone are eligible for the post of General Manager (IT) as illegal, arbitrary, irrational and consequently declare that the petitioner with MBA (Finance) qualiﬁcation is also eligible for the post of General Manager (IT) and the respondents may be directed to consider the case of the petitioner for the said post on par with the other candidates. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.T.BHEEMSEN & T.V.PRANAI KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.P.SRI RAGHU RAM The Court made the following : ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the cause in this writ petition does not survive for adjudication and it has become infructuous. Recording the aforesaid submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. __________ 01-09-2008 rkk