IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.29800 of 1998 Between: 1 N.Soujanya, D/o. Satyanarayana, R/o. Devarkonda Village and Mandal, Nalgonda District 2 G.Padmavathi, D/o. Venkati, R/o. Devarkonda Village and Mandal, Nalgonda District ..... PETITIONERS AND The Dist. Selection Committee, Nalgonda Dist., Rep. By it's Secretary-cum-Dist., Collector, Nalgonda, Nalgonda Dist. .....RESPONDENT 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 declaring the action of the respondent in excluding the candidature of the petitioners herein for the post of Physical Education Teacher and Hindi Pandit respectively for the counseling held on 26.10.1998 as arbitrary, illegal, unjust and violative of fundamental rights guaranteed u/articles 14,16 and 21 of Constitution of India and also contrary to the procedure laid down for recruitment of teachers and consequently direct the respondent to include the candidature of the petitioners for the post of Physical Education Teacher and Hindi Pundit respectively in counseling and appoint them in furtherance of selection. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.K.DURGA PRASAD (Not present) Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in excluding the candidature of the petitioners herein from the counseling to be held on 26.10.1998 for the post of Physical Education Teacher and Hindi Pundit respectively as arbitrary and illegal and consequently to direct the respondent to include the candidature of the petitioners for the post of Physical Education Teacher and Hindi Pundit respectively in the counseling and appoint them in furtherance of selection. When the matter is taken up today for hearing, none appears for the petitioners. Learned Government Pleader for School Education submits that by lapse of time the prayer in the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 05.07.2005 Nsr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Secretary-cum-Dist. Collector, Dist. Selection Committee, Nalgonda Dist., Nalgonda, Nalgonda Dist. 2) 2 CD copies 3) 2 CCs to G.P. for School Education, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VEENA}