IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO.3169 of 2000 Between: Prabhavathi Memorial Technical Education and Cultural Society, Santhi Nagar, Kavali Post and Mandal, Nellore District, represented by its Member N.Adinarayana Rao. ...PETITIONER AND 1. Government of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by the Secretary, Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. A.P.State council of Higher Education, Represented by its Secretary, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 3. The Sri Venkateswara University, Represented by its Registrar, Tirupati. ...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 a Writ in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, direction or order declaring the action of the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education, the second respondent herein, in restricting the eligibility to only private degree colleges for submitting the application for grant of permission to start the post graduate course in M.Sc., (Computers) as illegal and void and consequently direct the 2nd respondent to accept the application of the petitioner and consider the same on merits without reference to such a restriction for grant of permission for starting the Post Graduate Course in M.Sc., (Computers) during the academic year 2000-2001. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.KAMLAKAR Counsel for the Respondent No.1: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Counsel for the Respondent No.2: MR.K.RAMESH BABU, SC FOR STATE COUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Counsel for the Respondent No.3: MR.P.SREE RAMULU NAIDU, SC FOR S.V.UNIVERSITY. The Court made the following: ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Writ Petition has become infructuous. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 14th September 2004 RRB ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //True Copy// SECTION OFFICER Copy To: 1. The Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. The Secretary, A.P.State council of Higher Education, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 3. The Registrar, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. 4. Two CCs to G.P. for Higher Education, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 5. Two CD copies.