IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO: 36779 of 1998 Between: C.Hanumantha Rao S/o late C.Srinivasa Rao Executive Director of Pooja India Corporation, R/o 12-11-28, Sri Maruthi Nilayam, Uppara Basthi, Namalagundu, Seethafalmandi, Secunderabad -361 ... PETITIONER AND 1 TheDirector DoordarshanKendra, Ramanthapur, Hyderabad 2 Director General DoordarshanKendra, Mandi House, Copernicus, Marge, New Delhi 3 The Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India, Samachar Bhavan, New Delhi., ...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 more particularly one in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondent No.1 in granting approvals to certain Daily Serials without inviting applications or making any announcement as required by the guidelines issued by the Respondent No.3, is arbitrary, unconstitutional and violative of Fundamental Rights guaranteed under constitution of India and further direct the Respondent to consider my application as per the procedure. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.SRINIVAS KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: MR.ANDAPALLI SANJEEV KUMAR The Court made the following: ORDER: None appears for the petitioner, no representation either. 2. It is represented by the learned Government Pleader that the cause in the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the above submission made by the learned Government Pleader, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. __________________ N.V. RAMANA, J February 21 , 2005 MRR Copy to: 1 TheDirector DoordarshanKendra, Ramanthapur, Hyderabad 2 Director General DoordarshanKendra, Mandi House, Copernicus, Marge, New Delhi 3 The Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India, Samachar Bhavan, New Delhi., 4 Two C.D. Copies.