IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 20422 of 2007 Between: 1 Shams UL Uloom D.Ed. College, Markapur, Prakasam District, rep by its President & Correspondent Sri Mirza shamsheer Ali Baig, S/o Usman Baig, aged37 years R/o Markapur, Prakasam District. 2 Islamic Educational and Cultural Society, Markapur, Prakasam District, rep., by its President & Correspondent Sri Mirza Shamsheer Ali Baig, S/o Usman baig, aged 37 years R/o Markapur, Prakasam District. 3 Mirza Shamsheer Ali Baig S/o Usman baig, R/o Markapur, Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of A.P., rep., by its Secretary, Minority Welfare Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner & Director of School Education, DIET-CET Chairman, Saifabad, 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 a Writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the inaction of the respondents in not passing the orders on the application dt 21-03-2007 for the grant of minority Status Certiﬁcate to the recognize petitioner institution by the NCTE. dt 24-8-2005 for the academic year 2007-08 as illegal, arbitrary and violative to Art 30 of the Constitution of India, consequently direct the 1st respondent to grant the minority status Certiﬁcate to the petitioner Institution in Pursuance of the Recognition Orders granted by the NCTE. Bangalore dt 24-8-2005 and pass such otherorder or orders as this Hon'ble Court deem fit and proper. Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr.S.A.K.MYNUDDIN Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the cause of action in the Writ Petition does not survive and therefore the Writ Petition has become infructuous. Recording the above submission, Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY,J 31st July, 2008 Tsy To 1 The Secretary, Government of A.P., Minority Welfare Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner & Director of School Education, DIET-CET Chairman, Saifabad, Hyderabad 3 2CCs to G.P. for Social Welfare. 4 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{BMR}