IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 8599 of 2000 Between: Garikapati Bhavani Ravishankar, S/o.Basavapurnaiah, Hindu, R/o.Sivaraopet, Bhimavaram, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Secretary, Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education, Rep.by its Secretary, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 3 Andhra University, Rep.by its Registrar, Visakhapatnam, 4 Sagi Rama Krishnam Raju, Engineering College, Rep.by its Principal, China Amiram, Bhimavaram, West Godavari District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or Direction, particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in cancelling the admission of the petitioner into 1st year B.E., Course for the academic year 1999-2000 by the 4th respondent College in letter dt. 29-4-2000 on the ground that the petitioner has not secured first division in the groups in Intermediate Examinations is illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice consequently declare the eligibility criteria contained in G.O.Ms.No.256, dt. 17-11-1993 in so far as it stipulates a condition of having first division in the groups as unconstitutional and arbitrary, unjust and opposed to the cannons of law. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR P.RAJASEKHAR Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the cause in the writ petition does not survive and it has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. __________________ (N.V.RAMANA, J) Dateed:20.06.2005 MRKR/NSR To 1 The Secretary, State of Andhra Pradesh, Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Secretary, Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 3 The Registrar, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, 4 The Government Pleader for Higher Education, Higher Education, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. 5 Two C.D.copies.