THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No :9819 of 2009 Date: 5.7.2010 Between: Delhi Public School, Hyderabad Parents Association and another. ..... PETITIONER AND Union of India rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Human Resources Department, Education, New Delhi and others. .....RESPONDENT Counsel for the Petitioners : Sri G. Vasantha Rayudu Counsel for Respondent No. 2: Sri Ms. S. Annapura for Mrs. A. Chayadevi Counsel for Respondent Nos.1,3 and 4: None The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No :9819 of 2009 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in increasing annual fees for the academic year 2009-2010 in Delhi Public School, Attapur and Venkatapuram, without following the due process of law as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, Sri G.Vasantha Rayudu, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the academic year, for which the writ petition has been filed, has already been over and that during the pendency of this writ petition, the State Government has issued G.O. Ms. No.91, dated 6.8.2009, challenging which, certain school managements have filed writ petitions, which are being contested by the petitioners and other similarly situated associations. Inasmuch as the academic year for which the petitioners filed the present writ petition has already been over and the State Government has come out with regulatory measures by way of G.O. Ms. No.91, dated 6.8.2009, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous with liberty to the petitioners to defend the above mentioned G.O., in the writ petition stated to have been filed challenging the validity of the said G.O. No costs. __________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY,J DATE: 5th July, 2010 pnb