APHC010391882021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3331] FRIDAY,THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUBBA REDDY SATTI WRIT PETITION TRANSFERED FROM APAT NO: 942/2021 Between: 1. G V S HARI BABU, S/O G.S. KRISHNA MURTHY AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS, PRINCIPAL, GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE, KROSURU, GUNTUR DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HIGHER EDUCATION (TE) DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT - 522002. 2. COMMISSIONER OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, ANDHRA PRADESH, A.N.. TOWERS JAMMICHETTU STREET, PRASADAMPADU. VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT(S): to declare G.O. Rt.No.98, Higher Education (TE) Department, dated 1-6- 2017 reverting the applicant from the post of Principal as wholly illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India apart from being violate of principle, of natural Justice and total non application of mind and consequently declare that the applicant is entitled to be continued as Principal p. 2 SRS,J W.P.(A.T.) No.942 of 2021 IA NO: 1 OF 2021 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to vacate the interim orders dated 21-7-2018 in O.A.No.2125 of 2017 Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. RAVI KONDAVEETI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR SERVICES III The Court made the following: ::ORDER :: The petitioner originally filed O.A.No.2125 of 2017 on the file of learned Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, at Hyderabad (for short ‘the Tribunal’) to declare the G.O.Rt.No.98, Higher Education (TE) Department, dated 01.06.2017 reverting the petitioner from the post of Principal, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. After abolition of the Tribunal, O.A.2125 of 2017 was transmitted to the High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati and the same is numbered as W.P.(A.T.) No.942 of 2021. 3. Today when the matter is taken up, Smt. K. Anuradha, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Services, on instructions submitted that the cause in the writ petition does not survive since the writ petition retired from service. Page 3 of 4 SRS,J W.P.(A.T.) No.942 of 2021 4. Sri K. Narasimha Rao, learned counsel representing Sri Ravi Kondaveeti, learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the letter addressed to the petitioner was returned and whereabouts of the petitioner are not known to the learned counsel. 5. Given the submission of learned Assistant Government Pleader for Services that the cause in this writ petition does not survive for adjudication, this writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________________ JUSTICE SUBBA REDDY SATTI Date: 27.02.2026 IKN p. 4 SRS,J W.P.(A.T.) No.942 of 2021 289 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUBBA REDDY SATTI WRIT PETITION (A.T.) NO: 942 of 2021 Date: 27.02.2026 IKN