HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI G.S. SINGHVI AND HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No. 25563 of 1996 Between: Chennamaneni Ananda Rao … Petitioner And The State of A.P., Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Hyderabad & others … Respondents :: O R D E R :: Counsel for the petitioner : Shri K. Ashok Reddy Counsel for respondent No.1 : Government Pleader for Technical Education October 10, 2007 Per G.S. SINGHVI, CJ In this petition, the petitioner has made the following substantive prayer: “ Therefore it is prayed that this Hon’ble High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus, declaring the action of respondent No.1 in permitting respondent Nos. 4 to 6 to start Engineering Colleges vide G.O.Ms.No. 218, 219 and 220 dt. 17.10.1996 as illegal and arbitrary and violative and vitiated by regional and cast bias and pass such order or further orders in the interest of the justice.” Shri K. Ashok Reddy says that the writ petition may be disposed of as infructuous because the petitioner has died. Ordered accordingly. G.S. SINGHVI, CJ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J October 10, 2007 ksld