IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No: 20486 of 2005 BETWEEN: 1 Siddharth Vasireddy S/o V. Venkateswara Rao R/o Suryapet Rank No. 289, Hall Ticket NO. 4608757 2 Bakkangari Hrith Reddy S/o B. Narasimha Reddy R/o Hyderabad Rank No. 289 Hall Ticket No. 3531031 3 B. Bharath Reddy S/o Bhaskar Reddy R/o Nalgonda Rank No. 2026, H.T. No. 3510576 4 A.V. Srikar C/o R. Surya Rao & RVS Lakshman R/o Nalgonda, Rank No. 2026, H.T. No. 3510576 5 Prerna D/o L.R. Bansal, R/o Vijayawada Rank No. 1056, H.T. No. 4612407 6 S. Srichandana D/o Madhusudhana Rao R/o Jagityala Rank No. 1910 HT No. 3516002 7 Manish Kumar Jain S/o Jayanthilal Jain R/o Kadapa Rank No. 1528, H.T. No. 4205080 8 M. Swetha D/o M. Rajeshyam R/o Kamareddy, Rank No. 1570, HT No. 3509228 9 V. Ritesh S/o V. Sudharkar R/o Nalgonda, Rank No. 2231, H.T. No. 4603133 10 Indu Sri Satti D/o Buchi Reddy R/o Visakhapatnam Rank No. 3363, H. T. No. 4717195 ... PETITIONERS AND 1 State of Andhra Pradesh rep by Principal Secretary to Government Health, Medical and family Welfare Department, Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 2 NRT University of Health Sciences rep by Registrar, Vijayawada 3 The Medical Council of India Aiwan-e-Ghaleb Marg, Kotla Road Opp: Mathasundari College, (Women) New Delhi. ...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 an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus: (a) Declare the action of the respondents 1 and 2 in filing up the resultant vacant seat by the very same reserved category candidates in OC seats instead of filling up with the next meritorious candidates as arbitrary, illegal and violative of Articles 14 of the Constitution of India (b) direct the respondents to review the admissions which are already made for the academic year 2005-06 in medical as well as dental courses; (c) Direct the respondents not to re-allot the vacated seat in open competition to the same reserved category candidate far below in the merit list, in the name of sliding and further direct the respondents to fill up the resultant vacancies in open quota in the First Year Undergraduate Medical and Dental courses for the academic Year 2005-06 strictly in accordance with the merit irrespective of reservation status; (d) direct the respondents cancel and review the entire admission process as some vacancies were left unfilled deliberately which is arbitrary and illegal and against the interests of the petitioners herein and pass such other and further order or orders, as the Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper int he circumstances of the case Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR MEDICAL HEALTH & FAMI.WELFARE The Court made the following: ORDER: Petitioners question the procedure adopted by the respondents relating to the admission of the candidates into MBBS course for the academic year 2005-2006. 2. As the academic year is already over, I am of the opinion that except the academic interest nothing survives in the writ petition for adjudication. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J July 15, 2008 DSK