IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 8181 of 2006 Between: Sri Venkateshwara Saw Mill & Furniture Works, Bhoktapur, Adilabad District rep., by its Proprietor Smt.A.V.laxmi Raghav, w/o A.V.Raghav Rao, r/o Bhoktapur, Adilabad District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Government of A.P., rep., by the Divisional Forest Officer, Adilabad, Adilabad District. .....RESPONDENT 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 a writ, order, or direction, more particularly one in nature of writ of MANDAMUS calling for records pertaining to Rc.No.349/2006/S7, dt.03-04-2006 on the ﬁle of the respondent and set aside the same as illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondent to allow the petitioner to run the Saw Mill without any hindrance whatsoever till 31-03-2007 i.e., till the lease period is subsisting, in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr.B.SUDHAKAR REDDY & ASSOCIATES Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR FORESTS The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the Proprietor of the petitioner/Saw Mill is no more. The relief sought for in the Writ Petition reads as hereunder: “For the reasons stated in the aﬃdavit accompanying this petition this Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order, or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus calling for records pertaining to Rc.No.349/2006/87, dated 03-04- 2006, on the ﬁle of the respondent and setting aside the same as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondent to allow the petitioner to run the Saw Mill without any hindrance whatsoever till 31-03-2007, i.e., till the lease period is subsisting in the interest of justice”. As on this day, the lease period has been expired. Therefore, the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive. Accordingly, Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY,J 04th September, 2008 Tsy To 1.The Divisional Forest Officer, Government of A.P., Adilabad, Adilabad District. 2.2 CCs to the G.P. for Forests. 3.2 CDs to