IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 20057 of 1999 Between: V.Sreeramamurthy S/o Mallikarjuna Sastry,Hindu, Lecturer in English, Sathavahana College, Vijayawada. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Govt.of A.P.,Rep.by its Prl.Secretary,Education(Higher) Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Collegiate Education, Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 The Regional Joint Director of Higher Education, Rajahmundry. 4 The College Service Commission, Rep.by its Chairman Nampally, Hyderabad. 5 Nagarjuna University Rep.by its Registrar, Nagarjunanagar, Guntur. 6 Sathavahana College Rep.by its Correspondent, Seetharamapuram,Vijayawada-4. ....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 directing the first respondent to dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner within a stipulated time besides directing the sixth respondent not to proceed with the selection process for making the appointment of Principal on Permanent basis in the Sixth respondent college till the matter is concluded. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.V.S.R.ANJANEYALU Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 4: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Counsel for Respondent Nos.5: Standing Counsel for Nagarjuna University Counsel for Respondent No.6: MR. K. RATNAM The Court made the following : THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO.20057 OF 1999 ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the cause of action in the writ petition does not survive. Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. ___________ (V.V.S.RAO,J) 01.09.2004. pln To 1. The Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Government of A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. The Commissioner of Collegiate Education, Nampally, Hyderabad. 3. The Regional Joint Director of Higher Education, Rajahmundry. 4. The Chairman, College Service Commission, Nampally, Hyderabad. 5. The Registrar, Nagarjuna University, Nagarjunanagar, Guntur. 6. 2 CCs to the G.P. for Higher Education, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 7. 2 CD copies.