IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION NO : 35413 of 1998 Between: V.Uma Maheshwar Rao S/o. Krishna Rao Vijayawada Muncipal Corporation, Vijayawada, Krishna District. .... PETITIONER AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep by its Principal Secretary, Muncipal Administration Department, Secretariat Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT 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 a Writ, Order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus by declaring Section 3.4(c), 5(1),5(3),7A,9,10 and 11 of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation Act, 1981 and the following provisions of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 as applicable to the Vijayawada Muncipal Corporation, namely Section 2(6) and 2(7), 3(2),4,5(i),5(2),8,8(A),12,16,21(B),24 to 70, 70(a) to (f), 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 112(i), 112(3)(a), 113, 114, 116, 117(3), 118, 119, 124 to 129(A), Chapter IV, 133, 137(5), 139, 140, 148, 170, 171, 178, 196(A), 203(4), 204, 585, 589, 592, 593, 618 and Sections 675 to 679(a) to (f) as null and void and no longer in force being unconstitutional, arbitrary and inconsistent with Part IX-A of the Constitution of India by issuing appropriate Writ, Order or direction and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.V.AJAYAKUMAR Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR MUNCIPAL ADMN. & URBAN DEV. The Court made the following : ORDER: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice V. Eswaraiah) Mr. V .Ajay Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous and there survives no cause for adjudication. Recording the above submission, the writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J _____________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J February 6, 2009 DSK