IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No. 15721 of 1998 Between: Shesham Rohini Devi, D/o. Srinivasa Chary, R/o. H.No. T2-43 Power House Colony, Godavarikhani, Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The Convenor, EAMCET 1998, JNT University, Mahabub Marg, Hyderabad. 2. The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, Higher Education, 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 issue a Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus (1) declaring the action of the respondent in deleting the 23 questions is illegal and arbitrary; (2) the action of the respondents in awarding 200 marks to 177 questions proportionately as illegal and unjustified; (3) and consequently direct the respondents to award the marks for the 23 deleted questions which have been answered by the petitioner with appropriate rank. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.G.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for the Respondent No.1: Mr.C.KODANDA RAM (S.C. for JNTU) Counsel for the Respondent No.2: G.P. for Higher Education. The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO.15721 OF 1998 ORDER: The petitioner filed the writ petition challenging the key to certain questions of Engineering, Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET-1998) held in 1998. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous as the question raised is purely academic. ___________ (V.V.S.RAO,J) 08.11.2004. pln //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Convenor, EAMCET-1998, J.N.T.University, Mahabub Marg, Hyderabad. 2. The Secretary, Higher Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 3. Two C.Cs. to the Government Pleader for Higher Education, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. (O.U.T.) 4. Two C.D. copies.