IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 6665 of 2004 Between: Farha Naaz, D/o Syed Zahed Ali, being minor, rep.by guardian father Syed Zahed Ali, S/o Syed Waheed Ali, aged 48 years, R/o H.No.7-4-302/B, Mukarampur Street, Karimnagar. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Principal Secretary, Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Chairman, A.P.State Council for Higher Education, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 3 Vice Chancellor & Chairman EAMCET-2004, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad. 4 Convenor, EAMCET-2004, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad. 5 A.P.State Council for Higher Education, Saifabad, Hyderabad rep.by its Secretary. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of Respondents in fixing 06-05-2004 as the date for conduct fo EAMCET-2004 entrance examination without following the procedure prescribed in Rule 4 of the A.P.Common Entrance Test for entry into Engineering, Architecture, Pharmacy, Agriculture, Medical and Dental Courses Rules, 2003 as illegal, arbitrary and in violation of the Act and Rules and consequently direct the respondents to fix a date for entrance examination strictly following Rule 4 Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.B.Adinarayana Rao Counsel for the Respondent No.1: The Additional Advocate General Counsel for the Respondent No.2: The G.P. for Higher Education Counsel for the Respondent Nos.3and 4: Mr. C.Kodanda Ram, SC for JNTU Counsel for the Respondent No.5: K.Ramesh Babu, Advocate The Court at the stage of admission made the following ORDER: ORDER: Since the fixation of the date 06.05.2004, as the date for conducting the EAMCET- 2004, and the said examination has already taken place and necessary selection has already been completed, the case of action in the writ petition do not survive. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. No costs. __________________ A. Gopal Reddy, J Date: 10.09.2004 va To 1 The Principal Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Chairman, A.P.State Council for Higher Education, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 3 The Vice Chancellor & Chairman EAMCET-2004, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad. 4 The Convenor, EAMCET-2004, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad. 5 The Secretary, A.P.State Council for Higher Education, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 6 Two CCs to Additional Advocate General, High Court of A.P. Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 7 Two CCs to G.P for Higher Education, High Court of A.P. Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 8 Two CD copies