THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.1628 of 2007 Date:28.04.2011 Between: Harish Rao ..... Petitioner AND The Member Secretary, All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi and another .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: None appeared Counsel for Respondent No.1: None appeared Counsel for respondent No.2: Sri G.Venkat Reddy, for Sri K.Rathangapani Reddy The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “…to issue a Writ, Order or Direction and more particularly, one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st Respondent in not releasing the grant to the 2nd Respondent in favour of the 203 Batch students as illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory and void; and consequently direct the Respondent No.1 to release the scholarship amount to the Petitioner as done in respect of 2002 and 2004 year Batches; and pass such order or further orders….” At the hearing, there is no representation for the petitioner and Sri G.Venkat Reddy, learned counsel representing Sri K.Rathangapani Reddy, learned standing counsel for respondent No.2, on instructions, submitted that as the relief claimed in the writ petition pertains to grant of scholarship for 2003 batch of M.Tech (Civil Engineering) course, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication in view of expiry of the said period. In view of the above reasons, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.2064 of 2007 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is dismissed as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 28th April, 2011 GHN