IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 9591 of 2002 Between: 1 Dr.M.Dharani Kumar, S/o. N.Sanjeeva Kondaiah, R/o. 41-25-32, Anandabhavan Road, Krishnalanka, Vijayawada - 13 2 Dr K.Venkateswarlu, S/o. Balakotaiah, R/o. Ananthavaram Post, Tangutur Mandal, Prakasam District - 523274 3 Dr.S.Appaji Rao, S/o. Satyanarayana, R/o. 41-26/1-51, Anandabhavan Road, Krishnalanka, Vijayawada - 13 4 Dr P.Madhu, S/o. P.Gowri Naidu, R/o. Krishnadevipeta, Visakhapatnam - 531084 5 Dr N.Pushpakala, D/o. N.C.Babu, R/o. h.No.C-184, A.G.Colony, Yousufguda, Hyderabad – 45. .... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Vice Chancellor, NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada. 2 The Registrar, NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada. .....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 writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of WRIT OF MANDMUS declaring the eligibility criteria for M.D.(Ayurveda) entrance test imposed in the notification dt. 29.4.2002 as illegal, arbitrary and discriminatory, irrational and without any statutory basis and has no nexus with any object sought to be achieved. Counsel for the Petitioner : MrR.VIJAY KUMAR HEROOR (not present) Counsel for Respondents : Mr.K.G.K.PRASAD The Court made the following : ORDER: On 22.6.2005, when the matter has come up for consideration, learned counsel for the petitioner was absent and there was no representation on behalf of petitioner. Therefore, the matter was directed to be listed on 23.6.2005 under the caption ‘for dismissal’. Today when the matter is taken up for hearing in the forenoon, none appears for the petitioner. The matter was passed over and again taken up in the afternoon, but none appears for the petitioner and there is no representation. The learned Standing Counsel appearing for respondents submits that no cause survives in this writ petition and it has become infructuous. Recording the submissions made by the learned Standing Counsel for respondents, this Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. _____________ N.V.RAMANA, J Date: 23.6.2005 DA To 1 The Vice Chancellor, NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada. 2 The Registrar, NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada. 3 Two CD copies.