HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU Dated 20th August, 2005 W.P.No.541 of 2003: Between: Mohd. Ahmed, S/o.Shaik Ahmed, aged 40 years Occ: Craft Teacher, Islamia High School, Opp: M.G.M. Hospital, Warangal. .. Petitioner And The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Secretariat, Hyderabad and two others .. Respondents W.P.No.14284 of 2003: Between: Md.Ahmed, S/o.Shaik Ahmed, Occ: Craft Teacher, aged about 40 years, R/o.H.No.11-23-972, Islampura, L.B.Nagar Warangal – 506 002. .. Petitioner And The Secretary, Board of Intermediate Education, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Nampally, Hyderabad and 5 others. .. Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU W.P.Nos.541 and 14284 of 2003 COMMON ORDER: As the sole petitioner in both the writ petitions is one and the same and he raises common questions of fact and law, these matters are dealt with by a common order. Since the connected W.P.No.16961 of 2001 was dismissed by this Court on 20.08.2005 holding that Rule 8(1) of The Andhra Pradesh Minority Educational Institutions (Establishment, Recognition and Regulation) Rules, 1988 vide G.O.Ms.No.526, Education (Rules), dated 21.12.1988 is valid, these two writ petitions are also dismissed. The interim direction granted by this Court on 9.1.2003 in W.P.M.P.No.693 of 2003 in W.P.No.541 of 2003 shall stand vacated. No order as to costs. _______________ 20.08.2005 bcj