IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.17959 of 2002 Between: 1 B. Praveen Kumar, S/o Satyanarayana. R/o 19-35, Gaddiannaram, R.R. Dist. 2 K. Arvind, S/o Bhupathi Rao. R/o 125B, K.P.H.B. Colony, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Govt. of A.P. by its prl. secretary, Higher Education. Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Commissioner & Director of Technical Education Hyderabad, A.P. 3 Secretary, A.P. State Council For Higher Education Saifabad, Hyderabad. 4 Convenor ICET-2002 Osmania University, Hydedrabad. 5 Govt of A.P. Rep. its Prl.Secretary Minority Welfare Department Secretariat, Hyderabad. 6 Registrar Osmania University, Hyderabad. .....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 action of the respondents in not following the judgments of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in St. Stephen's College and Unnikrishnan J.P. r/w full Bench Judgment of this Hon;ble Court in Baddam Prabhavathi case reported in 2001 (6)ALD 655 in respect of Admissions into Post-Graduate professional Courses of M.B.A& M.C.A. in Minority Educational Institutions is an unconstitutional and violative of Arts.14 & 15 of the Constitutionof India and consequently direct the respondents to atleast 50% of the seats in Minority Educational Institutions be filled by the Convenor on the basis of the merit determined on the basis of the I.C.E.T. and to follow the G.O.MS.NO.174 School Education TRG. Dept dt.3.12.2001 in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.NOMULASRIDHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: SC FOR OSMANIA UNIVERSITY The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.17959 of 2002 ORDER: When the matter has been taken up for hearing on 15-04-2008, none appeared for the petitioner and as such, the matter has been posted “for dismissal”. Today also, when the matter is taken up for hearing, neither learned counsel for the petitioners is present nor is there any representation on their behalf. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed for non-prosecution. However, the interim order granted on 23-10-2002 stands vacated. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________ 21-04-2008 Prv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TML}