IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No: 11039 of 2005 Between: Dr. Aarti Deena Dayal, D/o Dr. D.S. Eena Dayal, R/o 26-27, Shobana Colony, West Marredpally, Secunderabad ... PETITIONER AND 1 Principal Secretary to Government of A.P., Health Medical & Family Welfare (E.II) Department, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Registrar, NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada-8 Andhra Pradesh. 3 The Principal, Osmania Medical College, Koti, Hyderabad-AP 4 Dr. Paul Naveen, Resident of H. NO. 4-6-264/1, Isamia Bazar, 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 will be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction preferably in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in allotting post Graduate Medical Courses, M.S. Free Seat (General Surgery) to the 4th Respondent herein in the college of the 3rd respondent, who is a non local candidate without following the rules as arbitrary, illegal and set a side the admission of the 4th respondent in Post Graduate Medical Course, M.S. (General Surgery) in Osmania University and further prays to direct the respondents 1 to 3 allot a free seat in Government Medical College under Osmania University to the petitioner in Post Graduate Medical Course of M.S. (Obst & Gynae) and pass such further or other order (S) as this Hon'ble Court deems just, fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case and in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.JAYA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.1: ADVOCATE GENEARL Counsel for the Respondents 2 to 4: MR.DEEPAK BHATTACHARJEE The Court made the following: ORDER: None appears. 2. The matter relates to the allotment of free seat in Post Graduate Medical Course to the fourth respondent in the college of the third respondent for the academic year 2005-2006. As the academic year has expired, I am of the opinion that the subject matter of the writ petition does not survive. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J March 11, 2008 DSK