IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.9651 of 2004 Between: B.T.Prasad, S/o.Venkateswarlu, K.S.R.M.College of Engineering, Kadapa District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Directorate of Admissions, Sri Venkateswara university (S.V.U),Tirupati,Chittoor Dist. .....RESPONDENT 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 to issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in not permitting the petitioner for admission into Ph.D by quashing the illegal, arbitrary, vindictive, violative of articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and pass. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.SRINIVASA BABA Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.B.ADINARAYANA RAO The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.9651 of 2004 ORDER: The matter relates to admission into Ph.D. for the year 2004. The petitioner was found not qualified for admission into Ph.D. on the ground that he got only 41 marks in the entrance test as against qualifying marks of 50. A counter has been filed stating the University Research Council recently took a decision to decrease the qualifying marks in the entrance test from 50 to 40. Therefore, the petitioner with 41 marks in the entrance test will be declared as qualified and he will be considered for admission into Ph.D. Programma as per rules. In view of the aforesaid counter, I am of the opinion that no orders are required to be passed in the writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________ 22-04-2008 Prv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{JA}