IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 14282 of 2001 Between: N.Shireesh Kumar Reddy S/o.N.Venkateswar Reddy R/o.Secunderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Osmania University, rep.by its Registrar, Hyderabad. 2 The Director Directorate of Admissions, Osmania University 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 will be pleased to issue an appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring as illegal, arbitrary, violative of provisions under Art.14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and violative of Paragraoh-4(2) (a) (i) of the Presidential Order, 1974 the action of the Respondents in not awarding admission to M.Sc. Computer Science Course to the petitioner treating him as a local candidate on the basis of merit and ranking and issue a consequential direction to forthwith award the petitioner admission to M.Sc. Computer Science Course treating him as a local candidate. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.D.V.SITARAMAMURTHY Counsel for Respondents : Mr.K.RAMAKANTH REDDY/ Mr. DEEPA BHATTACHARJEE (SC FOR OSMANIA UNIVERSITY) The Court made the following : ORDER: The learned counsel for petitioner submits that by lapse of time and in view of the interim order granted by this Court in W.P.M.P.No. 17859 of 2001 dated 7.8.2001, nothing survives for adjudication in this writ petition. Recording the submission made by the learned counsel for petitioner, this Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. _____________ N.V.RAMANA, J Date: 21.6.2005 DA To 1 The Registrar, Osmania University, Hyderabad. 2 The Director Directorate of Admissions, Osmania University Hyderabad. 3 Two CD copies.