IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No: 11730 of 2007 Between: 1 P.Venkata Rao S/o.late P.Swamy R/o.H.No.3-6-79, Busareddyguda, West Marredpally, Secunderabad Cantonment, Secunderabad. 2 S.Dasaratha Reddy S/o.Siddappa R/o.H.No.3-9- 128, Anjaiah Garden, West Marredpally, Secunderabad - 500 026. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Government of India, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi, rep. by its Secretary. 2 The Cantonment Board, Secunderabad, Court compound, S.P. Road, Secunderabad - 500 003, Rep. by its Chief Executive Officer. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 an appropriate writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring action of the respondents in seeking to revise the 2nd respondent Board into 8 Wards from the existing 7 Wards and finalizing the Electoral Rolls 2007, as arbitrary, illegal, non-application of mind to the relevant facts, violative of the procedure contemplated under the Cantonments Act, 2006 and violative of Article 243-P of the Constitution of India and the Judgments of the Apex Court as well as this Hon'ble Court and consequently direct the respondents not to proceed with the revision of Wards and ﬁnalization of the Electoral Rolls of the 2nd respondent and pass such other order or orders as are deemed ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.V.R.RUDRA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : ORDER:(Per GR,J) It is represented by Sri C.V.R.Rudra Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioners, that the cause in this writ petition does not survive. Recording the said representation, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. ______________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J ________________________ P.V.SANJAY KUMAR, J September 23, 2008 CVRK