IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS.V AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION NO : 12531 of 1998 Between: Gavapalli Arjuna Rao, S/o Parameswarudu, R/o Valaparla, Martur Mandal, Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Member Secretary, A.P.S.E.B., VidyutSoudha, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Superintending Engineer, A.P.S.E.B., Ongole, Prakasam District. .....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 to issue an order, direction or Writ, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in not considering the case of the petitioner for absorption in the 50% existing vacancies in the initial recruitment cadres in accordance with B.P.(P& G Per.) Ms.No.36, AND B.P. (P&G Per.) Ms.NO.37 both dated dt.18.5.97 as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to consider the case of the petitioner for absorption by interviewing the petitioners along with others and pass such other order or orders as this Honourable Court may deem fit and proper and in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.V.SUBRAHMANYA NARUSU Counsel for the Respondents.: P.R.BALARAMI REDDY(SC FOR AP TRANSCO) The Court made the following : ..... REGISTRAR Form-NIC-OGS/WP{BDLNM} HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR W.P.No.12531 of 1998 O R D E R: When the matter has taken up for hearing, Sri K.V. Subrahmanya Narusu, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ________________ 08-08-2008 kvr