IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 4824 of 1997 Between: 1 D. Satyanarayana S/o D. Nagappa, D.No. 10-5-73/A, Ranga street, Uravakonda, Anantapur dt. 2 P. Gurumurthy S/o P. Balagurappa H.No. 1/1/59, Pakam street, Uravakonda, Anantapur dt. 3 M.K. Nagaraj S/o K.C. Naganna H.No. 1-4-22/6, Uravakonda, Anantapur dt. 4 M. Rushendra Swamy S/o M. Pampaiah D.No. 11-2-123, Uravakonda, Anantapur dt. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Commissioner and Director of School Education, Hyderabad. 2 District Selection Committee for Recruitment of Teachers, Anantapur District. 3 District Educational Officer, Anantapur District. 4 Zilla parishad Education Officer, Anantapur 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 will be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction declaring the action of the respondents in filling up the vacancies arose after 28.1.1996 of school assistants and secondary grade teachers in Zilla Parishad/Mandal Parishad schools in Anantapur district on the basis of the advertisement dated 28.1.1996 as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 1 and 16 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondent to notify the vacancies. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.O.MANOHER REDDY Counsel for the Respondents 1 to 3: GP FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION Counsel for the Respondent No.4: None appeared The Court made the following O R D E R: This writ petition is filed by the petitioners seeking Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in filling up the vacancies that arose after 28-01-1996 in respect of School Assistants and Secondary Grade Teachers in Zilla Parishad/Mandal Parishad Schools in Anantapur District on the basis of the advertisement dated 28-01-1996 as illegal and arbitrary. This Court while admitting the writ petition granted interim direction not to fill up the vacancies that arose after 28-01-1996. At the time of hearing, it is reported by the learned Government Pleader for School Education that subsequent to the notification that was issued on 28-01-1996, number of other notifications were issued, and therefore, the panel that was prepared in pursuance of the notification dated 28-01-1996 had lapsed long time back, therefore, the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the same, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. _______________ 21-09-2004 vrn To 1 The Commissioner and Director of School Education, Hyderabad. 2 The District Selection Committee for Recruitment of Teachers, Anantapur, Anantapur District. 3 The District Educational Officer, Anantapur, Anantapur District. 4 Zilla Parishad Education Officer, Anantapur District. 5 Two C.Cs to the Government Pleader for School Education, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 6 Two C.D. copies