IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.15094 of 1998 Between: 1 Karregone Srinivas, S/o Hanumathu Goud, R/o 5-5-85, Coollie Line, Kothagudem. 2 Dudala Anjaneyul, S/o Gattaiah, R/o H.No. 7-3-17, Medara Basti, Kothagudem. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Municipal Administration Department., Secretariat, Hyderbad. 2 Kothagudem Municipal Council, Rep. by its Commissioner--Cum-- Special Officer, Kothagudem, Kothagudem District. 3 The Commissioner, State Election Commission, Andhra Pradesh , Budha Bhavan, Secunderabad. .....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 in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the constitution Municipality under section 5 of the A.P. Municipalities Act as illegal and void and consequently direct the 1st & 3rd Respondents herein not to hold elections on the basis of the Municipalities as constituted under the present section 5A of the A.P. Municipalities Act or in the alternative to work out reservations in the proposed elections to six Municipalities taking 110 Municipalities as a unit. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.A.RAMANARAYANA (Not present) Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR MUNCIPAL ADMN. & URBAN DEV. (Not present) The Court made the following: ORDER: Petitioners filed the present writ petition seeking to direct the respondents 1 and 3 not to hold elections to the 2nd respondent-Municipality on the basis of Municipalities as constituted under Section 5-A of the A.P. Municipalities Act or in the alternative to work out reservations in the proposed elections to six Municipalities taking them as a Unit or taking the entire 110 Municipalities in the State as a Unit. When the matter is taken up today for hearing, none appears for the petitioners as well as the respondents. This Court, vide orders dated 30.04.1999 in WVMP NO.1622 of 1998, vacated the interim orders earlier granted in WPMP No.18063 of 1998, dated 28.05.1998 and permitted the respondents herein to proceed with the elections. In that view of the matter, as on today nothing survives in the writ petition for adjudication and the matter has become infructuous. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 17.03.2005 Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Secretary, Municipal Administration Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat, Hyderbad. 2 The Commissioner--Cum--Special Officer, Kothagudem Municipal Council, Kothagudem, Kothagudem District. 3 The Commissioner, State Election Commission, Andhra Pradesh , Budha Bhavan, Secunderabad. 4 Two CCs to GP for Municipal Administration and Urban Development, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 5 Two CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{JPK}