Penumatcha Bharath Varma, v. The Government Of India,

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTI CE P.KESHAVA RAO WRI T PETI TI ON NO. 20063 OF 2013 ORDER:

Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. 2.

The prayer sought in the Writ Petition is as under: "...to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the prescribing of a condition of successful candidate being within "top 20 percentile of a condition of successful candidate in Class XII examination conducted by the respective boards in applicable categories" by Respondents No.1 to 5 for admission into participating IITs as arbitrary, unreasonable, unjust, unfair, discriminatory, biased and in violation of the petitioner fundamental rights guaranteed by Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and to direct the respondents to admit the petitioner into the courses offered by the IIT's based on their preference and ranking in JEE (Advance)-2013 by setting aside seat cancellation letter dated 07.07.

2013 issued by the 4th respondent or in the alternative to declare the action of the Respondents No.

Constitution of India and to direct the Respondents No.3 to 5 to admit the petitioner into the B.Tech Course into the IIT's based on their ranking in JEE (Advanced)-2013 by setting aside seat cancellation letter dated 07.07.2013 issued by the 4th respondent." 3.

Learned counsel appearing for respondent No.2 would submit that in the light of the order sought in the Writ Petition, no further cause would survive in the present Writ Petition and hence, the Writ Petition has become infructuous. 4.

Taking into consideration the said submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous.

Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall also stand dismissed. No order as to costs.

_______________ P. KESHAVA RAO,J Date: 12.11.2018 KPM