IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 13278 of 2002 Between: 1 Nalanda Educational Society (Regn.No. ), Rep. by its Secretary, HIG 439, KPHB Colony, Phase VI, Kukatpally, Hyderabad. 2 Nalanda Institute of Engineering and Technology, Rep. by its Secretary, Siddharath Nagar, Kantepudi, Sattenapalli Mandal, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The All India Council for Technical Education, Rep. by its Member Secretary, Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, IP State, NEW DELHI- 110 002. 2 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Secretariat Buildings, 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 declare the action of the 1st respondent, herein seeking to re-inspect the premises of the 2nd Petitioner College to consider the grant of Increase in intake/Variation in Intake/Additional Course for the 2nd Petitioner College during the academic year 2002-2003 vide the impugned Proceedings No. UG/REP/AP/2002-03/013 dated 9- 7-2002 as arbitrary and illegal by way of issue of Writ Order or Direction, one more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus and issue a consequential direction to the 1st respondent to grant approval to the proposal made by the petitioners for increase in intake and introduction of additional courses vide Application No.2001 dated 19-9-2001 for the academic year 2002-2003. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.S.SRI RAM Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed to declare the action of the 1st respondent herein seeking to re-inspect the premises of the 2nd petitioner College to consider the grant of Increase in intake/variation in Intake/Additional course for the 2nd petitioner college during the academic year 2002-2003 vide the impugned proceeding No.UG/REP/AP/2002-03/013, dated 9.7.2002 as arbitrary and illegal by way of issue of Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus and issue a consequential direction to the 1st respondent to grant approval to the proposal made by the petitioners for increase in intake and introduction of additional course vide Application No.2001, dated 19.9.2001 for the academic year 2002-2003. When the matter is taken up today, none appears for the petitioner as well as the respondents. By lapse of time the prayer in the writ petition has become infructuous. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. ____________________ (N.V.RAMANA, J) Dated: 20.06.2005 MRKR/NSR To 1 The Member Secretary, All India Council for Technical Education, Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, IP State, NEW DELHI- 110 002. 2 The Principal Secretary, State of Andhra Pradesh, Higher Education Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 3 Two C.Cs to the Government Pleader for Higher Education, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. 4 Two C.D.copies. Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KMR}