IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.24275 of 2005 Between: Naraganti R.Krishna Reddy ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its secretary, Department of Revenue (Endowments), Secretariat, Hyderabad . 2. Commissioner of Endowments, Boggulakunta, Hyderabad 3 Sri Kalahasteswara Swamy Devasthanam, Srikalahasti, Chittoor District, rep.by its Executive Oficer and Regional Joint Commissioner of Endowments ....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 an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of the Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring the Annexure-III of the G.O.Ms.No.888a, dated 8-12-2000 insofar as fixing the minimum qualification of Graduate for promotion from the post of Superintendent to P.A. to Executive Officer as bad, illegal, void and against to Art.14 of the Constitution of India as there is no nexus to achieve the object and consequently set aside the condition of fixing Minimum Qualification of Graduate for promotion to the post of P.A. to E.O. in Annexure III of G.O.Ms.No.888, dated 8-12- 2000 and further direct the respondents to promote the petitioner to the post of P.A. to E.O. without insisting the condition No.2 of Annexure III of G.O.Ms.No.888, dated 8-12-2000 in the existing vacancy of P.A. to Executive Officer of the 3rd respondent temple as done in the cases of other temple employees. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.N.GURU GOPAL Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: Sri N. Guru Gopal, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive for adjudication, as of now. Recording the said submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. 04-4-2008 prk