IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 29452 of 1998 Between: 1 M.Gangadhar, S/o Ramulu, Little Flower, Navipet, Nizamabad District. 2 N.Balaraj Goud S/o N.Eshwaraiah Goud, Little Flower, Navipet, Nizamabad District. 3 K.P.Chandra Shekar S/o Pandari Nizamabad District. 4 G.Ganesh, S/o Narayana, Pragathi Vidyalaya School, Jannepalli, Navipet Mandal,Nizamabad District. 5 B.Saritha Devi D/o Sreenivas Reddy Madavi Vidyalayam, Armoor, Nizamabad District. 6 L.Arundhati Devi D/o Hanumantha Reddy Wisdom Public School, Nizamabad. 7 S.Kavitha D/o Rangarao Wisdom Public School, Nizamabad. 8 M.Madhusudan S/o Seetharam Vidyapthi Public School, Nizamabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Director, Vacation Courses in Education, Department of Education, Osmania University, Hyderabad. 2 The Registrar, Osmania University, Hyderabad. 3 The Dist. Educational Officer, Nizamabad. 4 The Director of School Education, A.P., 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 in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents to finalise the admissions to B.Ed. Vacation Course in Education for the year 1998-99 strictly in accordance with the eligibility criteria laid down in the Notification, dt.11-2-1998 and accord admission to the petitioners to the said course with all consequential benefits by holding the action of the respondents in seeking to make admissions to the B.Ed. (Vacation Course in Education) by persons who do not possess the eligibility criteria with utter disregard to the claims of the petitioners on the pretext of one reason or the other on the alleged ground that they have secured more marks in Vacational Course in Education Entrance Test is as illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory and subversive of Article 14 of the Constitution. Counsel for Petitioners: MR. D.LINGA RAO Counsel for Respondents 1 and 2: MR. K.RAMAKANTHA REDDY (STANDING COUNSEL FOR OSMANIA UNIVERSITY) Counsel for Respondents 3 and 4: GOVERNMENT PLEADER FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION The Court made the following: ORDER: Sri D.Linga Rao, learned Counsel for petitioners as well as the learned Assistant Government Pleader for School Education submits that the Writ Petition has become infructuous. The Writ Petition is, therefore, dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ___________ V.V.S. RAO, J November 04, 2004. Ak ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Director, Vacation Courses in Education, Department of Education, Osmania University, Hyderabad. 2 The Registrar, Osmania University, Hyderabad. 3 The Dist. Educational Officer, Nizamabad. 4 The Director of School Education, A.P., Hyderabad. 5 Two CCs to the Government Pleader for School Education, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (O.U.T). 6 Two CD copies.