APHC010400372021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3311] WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MS JUSTICE B S BHANUMATHI WRIT PETITION TRANSFERED FROM APAT NO: 1022/2021 Between: Sanku Sankara Rao and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. J SUDHEER Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. V.VENKATA NAGA RAJU (SC FOR APPSC) The Court made the following: 2 W.P.(AT).No.1022 of 2021 ORDER: The Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, seeking the following relief: “…to call for the records pertaining to notification No.18/2016 issued by the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission and hold the fiasco that took place in Geetham University Centre at Visakhapaptnam and set aside the written examination i.e., Paper I conducted on 15.07.2017 between 2.30 PM to 5.00 PM in as much as the biometric system as well as computer systems could not start due to server problem and also in view of permitting some of such candidates who were willing to write the examination beyond 5.00 PM, leading to leakage of question paper through media and bringing about an uneven examination and distorted merit as bad, illegal, arbitrary, discriminatorily and unconstitutional. Consequently direct the 1st respondent/Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission and conduct 15.07.2017 examination afresh and treat the applicants as not absentees for the two examinations conducted on 16.07.2017 and accordingly make selection based upon the marks obtained by the applicants in Paper II and III conducted on 16.07.2017 and Paper - I to be conducted afresh…” 02. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners. 03. The petitioners were challenging the process of recruitment under the notification No.18/2016. It is represented by the learned Standing Counsel for the 1st respondent that more than 900 candidates were appointed and also that some more notifications 3 W.P.(AT).No.1022 of 2021 were issued and appointments were completed. Hence, as on today, no relief survives in the writ petition. 04. In view of the appointment of candidates pursuant to the impugned notification, in the absence of all such parties as respondents, the matter cannot be heard and adjudicated on merits. Under these circumstances, the learned counsel for the petitioners submitted to pass appropriate order. 05. Hence, the Writ Petition is closed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. Interim orders granted earlier, if any, shall stand vacated. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ JUSTICE B.S.BHANUMATHI Date: 05.03.2025 NSM 4 W.P.(AT).No.1022 of 2021 17 HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE B.S.BHANUMATHI WRIT PETITION TRANSFERED FROM APAT NO: 1022/2021 Date: 05.03.2025 NSM