IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 25836 of 1995 Between: 1 Bhupinder Singh Puri, S/o.Hardit Singh Puri, R/o.Hyderabad. 2 Paraminder Kaur Puri, W/o.Bhupinder Singh Puri, R/o.Hyderabad. 3 Surender Singh,S/o.Jeeth Singh, R/o.Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Transport, R & B (Tr.II) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Central Zone, Hyderabad. 3 The Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, East Zone, Hyderabad. 4 The Transport Commissioner, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Gruhakalpa, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction, especially one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring that G.O.Ms.No.54, Transport, R&B(TR.II) Dept., dt.31.3.1995, in so far as it relates to the charging Sec.194(1) in the schedule to the G.O., empowering the officials to collect the compounding fee from the petitioners, as illegal, arbitrary and discriminatory; and therefore, is violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. Counsel for Petitioners: MR. CH.RAVI Counsel for Respondents: GOVERNMENT PLEADER FOR TRANSPORT The Court made the following ORDER: None appears for the petitioners. By lapse of time, the prayer in the writ petition has become infructuous. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. ________________ N.V.RAMANA, J Dated: 9th September, 2004. Ak/Ksr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.The Principal Secretary, Transport, R & B (Tr.II) Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2.The Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Central Zone, Hyderabad. 3.The Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, East Zone, Hyderabad. 4.The Transport Commissioner, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Gruhakalpa, Hyderabad. 5.Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Transport, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (O.U.T). 6.Two CD copies.