IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 22081 of 1996 Between: 1 H.Avinash S/o. H.Vaman Rao, R/o. Brahmanwadi, Adilabad 2 M.Sanjay S/o. Manohar Rao, R/o. Adilabad 3 A.Prabhakar S/o. Vishwanathan, R/o. Adilabad 4 Vishwanath S/o. Ganga Reddy, R/o. Adilabad 5 M.Sanjeev Reddy, R/o. Adilabad 6 J.Krishna Kumar S/o. Ganga Rao, R/o. Adilabad ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Principal Secretary, School Education Govt. of A.P., Secretariat Buildings Hyderabad 2 The Dist.Collector Adilabad, Adilabad Dist. 3 The Dist.Selection Committee, rep.by its Member-Convenor, Adilabad District. 4 The Chief Executive Officer Zilla-Parishad, Adilabad Dist. 5 The Dist.Educational Officer, Adilabad. Adilabad Dist. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 a writ or order or direction especially one in the nature of Mandamus: i) declaring the action of the respondents in insisting on the cut-off marks mentioned in Col.No.6 of the Notification dated 27/1/1996 in Adilabad Dist. as onerous, arbitrary, irrational and unreasonable; ii)to direct the respondents to select the candidates for the posts of Teachers in Adilabad basing on their relative merit in the written test without insisting for cut-off marks in terms of Notification dated: 27/1/1996 and appoint the petitioners as teachers accordingly. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.VASUDEVA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent Nos. 1 to 5: GP FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION The Court made the following : O R D E R: The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the writ petition has become infructuous. In view of the above submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. 11.11.2004 tjs ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Principal Secretary, School Education Govt. of A.P., Secretariat Buildings Hyderabad 2 The Dist.Collector Adilabad, Adilabad Dist. 3 The Member-Convenor, Dist.Selection Committee, Adilabad District. 4 The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla-Parishad, Adilabad Dist. 5 The Dist.Educational Officer, Adilabad, Adilabad District. 6. 2CCs to the G.P.for School Education, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. (OUT) 7.2CD copies