IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.31584 of 1998 Between: 1 K.J.D. Vara Kumar S/o Vijaya Rao R/o Chintalapudi, West Godavari Dist. 2 K. John Prabhakar S/o Vijaya Rao R/o Chintalapudi, West Godavari Dist. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Educational Officer, West Godavari, Eluru. 2 The Chairman, District Selection Committee Cum Dist. Collector, West Godavari, Eluru ....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 an appropriate Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the proceedings No.115-A1/94, dt: 3-10-1998 rejecting the representation dt: 20-7-1998 of the petitioners is illegal, arbitrary, erroneous, without power or authority and unconstitutional and barred by principles of estoppel and consequently direct the 2nd Respondent to issue orders of appointment to the petitioners by considering the representation dt: 20-7-98 as the similarly situated persons were already appointed. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.Y.V.RAVI PRASAD Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION The Court made the following: ORDER: Challenging the proceedings of the 1st respondent in Rc.No.115-A1/94, dated 03.10.1998, wherein the representation of the petitioners dated 20.07.1998 seeking appointment as Secondary Grade Teachers was rejected, the present writ petition is filed. When the matter is taken up today for hearing, none appears for the petitioners. Learned Government Pleader for School Education submits that by lapse of time the prayer in the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 05.07.2005 Nsr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The District Educational Officer, West Godavari, Eluru. 2 The Chairman, District Selection Committee Cum Dist. Collector, West Godavari, Eluru 3 Two CCs to GP for School Education, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 4 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MSKM}