IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 28436 of 1997 Between: 1 Yanamandra Suryanarayana S/o Venkataratnam Dr.No.8-2-3, Stuward Peta Pithapuram. 2 Kondepudi Shankararao S/o Narayanamurthy Dr.No.8-1-45, Pallapu Street, Pithapuram. 3 Adduri Appala Narasayya S/o. Sitaramayya Dr.No.8-1-124,, Stuwardpeta Pithapuram. 4 Kothem Subbarao S/o. Satyam Main Road, Pithapuram. 5 Dasari Satya Ramakrishna S/o Suryanarayanarao D.No. 13-2-24, Dasarivari Street, Pithapuram. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The State of A.P., Rep. by its Secretary to Education, Secretariat, HYDERABAD. 2 The Commissioner and Director of Intermediate Education, HYDERABAD 3 The District Collector, East Godavari Dist., KAKINADA. 4 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Pithapuram Mandal, PITHAPURAM. 5 The Pithapuram Municipality, Rep. by its Chairman, PITHAPURAM. 6 The Principal, R.R. BH. R.G. Junior College, PITHAPURAM. .....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 Respondents 3 to 5 in proceeding to construct the shopping complex in the Campus of R.R.BH.R.G.Jr. College, Pithapuram, as wholly illegal and arbitrary apart from being violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and the provision of the A.P. Education Act and the rules made therein and direct the Respondents 3 to 5 to stop the construction forthwith and return the possession of the space occupied to the College Authorities Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri A.V.Krishna Koundinya Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 and 2: Government Pleader for Higher Education Counsel for Respondent No.3: Government Pleader for Revenue Counsel for Respondent No.5: Sri S.Nageswara Reddy The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (Per Sri Anil R. Dave, CJ) This is a public interest litigation, wherein the petitioners have drawn the attention of this Court to the fact that college authorities of respondent No.6 college had granted certain portion of its premises to some traders for doing their business. 2. During the pendency of this petition, the respondent official authorities had given intimation to the college authorities for removal of those traders. 3. The learned Government Pleader for Revenue has submitted that all the traders have been removed from the college premises and the premises, which was being used by the traders, is now being used as class rooms for students. It has been further submitted by the learned Government Pleader that the Collector, East Godavari, has also got the above fact verified. 4. A copy of the letter dated 19-06-2009 containing the aforestated instructions has been placed on record by the learned Government Pleader. 5. In the above circumstances, as the college premises is now being used for educational purpose, we dispose of the petition. ANIL R. DAVE, CJ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J 20th July, 2009 ks