IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 5125 of 1997 Between: G.Sagar, S/o.G.Koteswara Rao, aged 42 years, Hyderabad. ... PETITIONER. AND 1. The Government of Andhra Pradesh rep.by its Secretary, Education Department Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2. The Government of Andhra Pradesh rep.by its Secretary Technical Education Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 3. The Board of Management Jawaharlal NehruTechnological University rep.by it’s Registrar, Masab Tank, 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 a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus directing the respondents herein to finalise the results in pursuance of the report submitted by the selection committee for the posts of Professors notified in Advertisement No.C3/1996 Dt.15/03/1996 and by declaring the inaction of the respondents herein in not considering the petitioner for appointment as Professor in Computer Science & Engineering as illegal arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice in deferring the finalisation of the results by the respondent University. For the Petitioner: Mr.L.V.S.NAGARAJU, ADVOCATE FOR MR.V.AJAYKUMAR, ADVOCATE. For the Respondents 1 and 2 : Government pleader for Higher Education. For the Respondent No.3: Mr.C.Kodandaram, SC for J.N.T.U. The Court made the following: ORDER: It is represented by Mr.L.V.S. Nagaraju on behalf of Mr. V.Ajaykumar, the learned counsel for the petitioner, that the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous as the petitioner has already got promotion. Recording the above, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. -------------------------- S.ANANDA REDDY,J. DATED 24-8-2004. Dvs/KVH To 1. The Secretary, The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Education Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2. The Secretary, The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Technical Education Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 3. The Registrar, The Board of Management, Jawaharlal- -Nehru Technological University, Masab Tank, Hyderabad. 4. Two CCs.to the Government Pleader for Higher Education, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. (OUT). 5. Two CDs.