IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 24400 of 1996 Between: N.Anil Kumar S/o.N.Gopichand Tadikonda Post and Mandal, Guntur Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of A.P. rep.by its Secretary Education (EC-2) Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Bapatla Engineering College Bapatla, Guntur Dist. ...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 order or direction or appropriate writ, more particularly in the nature of mandamus declaring that (a) clause 2(ii) of G.O.Ms.No.256, Dt.17/11/1993 issued by the first respondent -Government of A.P. as discriminatory and violative of Art.14 of the Constitution of India besides being contrary to the orders of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in T.M.A. PAI FOUNDATION CASE and (b) consequently direct the respondents to admit the petitioner into 1st year Engineering Course for the academic year 1996-97 in the 2nd respondent college. Counsel for the Petitioner: Smt. G.JHANSI Counsel for the Respondent No.1: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court made the following: ORDER: It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous. The submission is placed on record, and the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. _________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 18th November, 2004. LSK/ASP To 1. The Secretary Government of A.P. Education (EC-2) Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. Two C.Cs. to the Government Pleader for Higher Education, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. (OUT) 3. Two C.D. copies.