IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.8139 of 1998 Between: K.Lalitha Devi D/o K.Jaya Rama Rao, Aged 28 years, R/o Hanumakonda , Warangal District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner/Director of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 2 The Convenor, District Selection Committee-cum-District Educational Officer, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Warangal . .....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 direction, more particularly in the Nature of Writ of MANDAMUS directing the respondent to treat the petitioner as a Local Candidate and consider her case for the selection under the Reservation quota of 85% provided for LOCAL CANDIDATES, in view of para 7 (1)(a)(ii) of the Presidential Order, 1975 and the Local candidate certificate issued by the M.R.O. and consequently permit the petitioner to write exam and appear for the interview etc., in Warangal , as a Local Candidate, after declaring the action of the 2nd Respondent in not receiving the petitioner’s application for the post SGT/School Assistant in Science subject in Warangal District, as Bad in Law and against Presidential Order, 1975 in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.B.SUDHAKAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION The Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO.8139 OF 1998 ORDER: The respondent issued a notification dated 15.03.1998 in newspapers calling for applications to fill up the posts of secondary grade teachers and school assistants. The petitioner alleges that her application was rejected on the ground that she is not a local candidate. Therefore, she filed the writ petition. This Court while admitting the writ petition passed interim orders directing the respondents to receive the application of the petitioner for the post of secondary grade teachers and school assistants in Science, in the quota for local candidates. In view of the interim orders, nothing survives in the writ petition, especially, when the selection was for the year 1998. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. ___________ (V.V.S.RAO,J) 08.11.2004. pln To 1 The Commissioner/Director of School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 2 The Convenor, District Selection Committee-cum-District Educational Officer, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Warangal. 3 Two CCs to the Government Pleader for School Education, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (O.U.T) 4 Two C.D. Copies.