IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 21139 of 2002 Between: Vivekananda PG College, Seethaphalmandi, SECUNDERABAD – 3 rep. by Secretary-cum- Correspondent Dr.Suryana Prakasa Rao. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The All India Council for Technical Education, India Gandhi Sports Complex, NEW DELHI, rep. by its Member Secretary. 2. The Director Admissions-MBA/MCA-2002, Osmania University, Hyderabad. 3. The Government of Andhra Pradesh rep. by its Secretary, Higher Education Department, Secretariat, 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 declare the action of the 1st respondent in reducing the approved intake of the petitioner College from 30 to 20 seats in MCA course vide the impugned proceeding No.AP-071/ET-APR(MCA)/99, dt.24.6.2002 as arbitrary, illegal by way of issuance of a writ, order or direction, one more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus and consequently direct the 1st respondent to restore approval to the petitioner institution for 30 seats in MCA programme on and from the academic year 2002-2003 and pass such other order or orders as deemed fit and proper. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.SRI RAM Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1&2: MR.DEEPAK BHATTACHARJEE Counsel for the Respondent No.3: GOVT. PLEADER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the cause in the writ petition does not survive and therefore, the writ petition has become infructuous. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ______________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J. Date:02nd July, 2009. cs ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRK}