IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON''BLE MR JUSTICE M.H.S. ANSARI WRIT PETITION NO : 23001 of 1994 Between: Dr. M.Tajuddin, S/o. Mohd Afzal, presently working at Nizam College, Hyderabad. r/o Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. Osmania University, Hyderabad. Represented by its Registrar 2. Dr.K.Narasimha Reddy, S/o. K.Chandraiah, PG. Centre, Nalgonda, Nalgonda District. 3. University Grants Commission, New Delhi. Represented by its Secretary. (Petition against R-1 and R-3 dismissed for default vide orders dated 16-12-1999.) .....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 CERTIORARI calling for the records pertaining to the appointment of the 2nd Respondent as Professor in Mathematics made by the 1st Respondent vide Order No. 597/91/93 Admn. II-1 dated 5.12.1994 and quash the same by declaring the said appointment as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional apart from violative of principles of natural justice and the guidelines issued by the 3rd Respondent and consequently direct the 1st Respondent to appoint the Petitioner as Professor in Mathematics by direct recruitment as per the guidelines of the 3rd Respondent. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.NANDIGAM KRISHANA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.2: MR.K.RAJI REDDY The Court made the following: O R D E R: The grievance of the petitioner in the instant writ petition is with regard to the conferment of professorship upon respondent No. 2 in the merit promotion scheme. Respondent No.2 was promoted under the said scheme w.e.f. 23-08-1993. Under the scheme, the merit promotion is granted on the recommendation of selection committee duly constituted for the said purpose. It is not in dispute that the petitioner herein has been granted similar promotion as Professor in the Department of Mathematics w.e.f. 01-06-1995. The grievance of the petitioner thus stands redressed. No further orders, therefore, are required to be passed in the instant writ petition at this distance of time. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed. ____________________ 10-02-2005. Lrkm. To 1. The Registrar, Osmania University, Hyderabad. 2. The Secretary, University Grants Commission, New Delhi. 3. 2 CD copies.