IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, THE CHIEF JUSTICE WRIT PETITION No. 21682 of 1994 Between: Shaik Syed Munna S/o. Syed Mahaboob Basha R/o. Sarojini Street, Aravind Nagar, Nellore, Nellore District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of A.P., rep. by its Secretary Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Director of Technical Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 3 Al-Huda Polytechnic College, Nellore, rep. by its Secretary and Correspondent, 5/430, Sri Rangaraja Puram, Stonehouse Pet, Nellore. (R2 -Dismissed for default vide court order dt 15/12/99). .....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 an appropriate Writ, order or direction, particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the eligibility criteria prescribed to appear for the Entrance Examinations for Admission into Polytechnic in so far as requiring the candidates belonging to Muslim Minority Community to secure 50% aggregate marks in the qualifying examinations as illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory and violative of Article 14, 21 and 30 of the constitution of India and direct the respondents 1 & 2 to allow all candidates though who secured pass marks in the qualifying examinations to appear for the Entrance Examinations seeking admission into 3rd respondent institution and grant admissions in accordance with their performance in the said examinations and consequently direct the respondents to permit the petitioner to appear for the Entrance Examinations and grant him admission into Polytechnic Course 1994-96 in the 3rd respondent institution. For the Petitioner : MR.P.SRIDHAR REDDY, ADVOCATE For the Respondents: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court made the following : ORDER: The learned counsel for petitioner submits that the writ petition had become infructuous. The writ petition, therefore is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. ___________________ DEVINDER GUPTA, C.J Dated: 1st July 2004. DA/BSC To 1 The Secretary, Government of A.P, Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Secretary and Correspondent, Al-Huda Polytechnic College, Nellore, 5/430, Sri Rangaraja Puram, Stonehouse Pet, Nellore. 3 2 CD copies