IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1126 of 2007 (M/S) Iqrar Ahmad S/O Shri Riyaz Ahmad, R/O Mohalla Dilla Singh, Jaspur, District Udham Singh Nagar. …… Petitioner. Versus Vice Chancellor, Kumaon University, Nainital and another. … Respondents. Sri Dinesh Gahtori, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri B.D.Upadhyay, learned counsel for the respondents. Date June 24, 2008. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Sri Dinesh Gahtori, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri B.D.Upadhyay, learned counsel for the respondents- University. This writ petition has been filed for issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned letter dated 16-08-2007 (Annexure No. 6) passed by the respondent no.2. Prayer for writ of mandamus directing the respondents to permit the petitioner in the B.Ed. entrance examination 2007 scheduled to be held on 2-9-2007 has also been made. According to the petitioner, in pursuance to the advertisement issued by respondent no. 2 in the month of May 2007, the petitioner submitted his application form to appear in the entrance examination for B.Ed. course under the O.B.C. quota. According to the petitioner, he had secured 48% marks in aggregate in B.Sc. Examination 2006 and there is no criteria of percentage for the OBC candidates in the degree course etc. to appear in the entrance examination. The grievance of the petitioner is that the respondent no.2 Registrar of the University issued a letter thereby rejecting the candidature of the petitioner on the ground of not having minimum 2 50% marks in graduation or post graduation vide Annexure No.6 while there is relaxation of percentage for the reserved categories. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record including the averments made in the writ petition and the counter affidavit filed on behalf of the respondents. This Court vide order dated 31.8.2007 has granted interim relief to the petitioner and the respondents were directed to permit the petitioner to appear provisionally in the B.Ed. Entrance Examination 2007. The petitioner appeared in the Entrance Examination and he was called for counseling but the petitioner was asked to obtain order from this Court. Subsequently, this Court by order dated 7-12-2007 allowed the petitioner to appear for counseling, which was scheduled to be held on 9-12-2007. The relief prayed for in the present writ petition had already been availed of by the petition by way of interim order dated 31-8-2007. In the above facts and circumstances, taking into consideration the fact that the writ petition has been filed to permit the petitioner to appear in the B.Ed. Entrance Examination, 2007 for which interim order had already been passed by this Court and the petitioner had participated in the said examination and since no further relief has been sought by the petitioner, the writ petition deserves to be disposed of finally in terms of the interim order dated 31-8-2007 passed by this Court. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of finally in terms of the interim order dated 31-8-2007. ( B.S.Verma, J. ) RCP 3 4 5