IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.17799 OF 2007 Dated: August 28, 2007 Between: Lokamanya Tilak Education Society, 17-1-388/P/69, Laxminagar Colony, Saidabad, Hyderabad, rep. by its President K. Ramachandra, and another. … Petitioners And The State of Andhra Pradesh, Higher Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad, rep. by its Principal Secretary, and another. … Respondents Order: This writ petition has been filed seeking Mandamus to declare the action of the first respondent in not renewing the linguistic minority status (Marathi) of the second petitioner-college for the academic year 2007-08 in respect of MBA and MCA programmes as illegal and arbitrary. Today, when the matter is taken up, learned Government Pleader appearing for the first respondent has produced a copy of proceedings dated 21-07-2007, issued in Memo No.7946/Ec.1/2007-1, by the first respondent, wherein the application submitted by the petitioners was considered and their claim for grant of minority status was rejected. In that view of the matter, no further adjudication is necessary in this writ petition and the same is accordingly closed, keeping open to the petitioner to question the aforementioned Memo issued by the first respondent. __________________________ JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY. August 28, 2007 MRR