IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 14685 of 2008 Between: 1.P. Pavanathulaseewara Reddy S/o P. Narsimha Reddy R/o 1- 10, Temple Street, Ahobilam, Allagadda, Kurnool, Kurnool District repby his Father and Natural Guardian P. Narsimha Reddy. 2. Malkireddy Venkata Nirmala D/o M. Balavenkata Reddy r/o H. No. 2-3, J Kottala Palli, peddamudium Mandal, kadapa District repby his father and natural guardian M. balavenkata Reddy ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of A.P., rep by its Secrtary, Higher Education Department, A.P. Secretariat, Saifabad, hyderbad. 2 Rajeev Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, IIIT Campus, Gatchibowli, Near Hitech city, Hyderabad, rep by its Vice-Chancellor. 3 District Education officer, Government of Andhra Pradesh, kurnool District. .....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 a writ order or orders, directions particularly a Writ in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action fo the Respondents in denying section selecting the petitioners for admission into IIIT Court in 2nd Respondent University for the year 2008-09 and Selecting the candidates who secured below marks than the petitioners in Kurnool District while not taking the petitioners candidatures into consideration as they belonging to A.P. Residential Schools as illegal, arbitrary, null and void , contrary to Articles 14, 15, 21 and 25 of the Constitution of India and discriminative in nature and consequentially direct the respondent to allot 2 (two) seats to the petitioners for admission into IIIT Course for the year 2008-09 inthe interest of justice and pass any such other order or orders or directions as this Hon'ble High Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.M.V.RAJA RAAM Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court made the following : O R D E R: Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that 1st petitioner has been given admission in IIIT Course after filing the writ petition and with regard to admission of the 2nd petitioner, his case is under process and therefore, he seeks permission to withdraw the writ petition reserving liberty to approach this Court in the event of seat being denied to the 2nd petitioner. Permission as sought for is accorded. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn reserving the liberty as sought for. No costs. _____________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J. Date:29th August, 2008. cs ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KSRANI}