IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.18751 of 2002 Between: Smt. M.Surekha Reddy, W/o. Sri M.Viswanatha Reddy, R/o. H.No.8-2-293/82/VV/86, Women's Society, Road No.5, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND The Hyderabad Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Rep. by its General Manager, Khairatabad, 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 a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in insisting on production of ‘No Objection Certificate’ from a Society defunct for releasing the domestic water supply connection to the petitioner's house bearing No.8-2-293/82/VV/86 (Plot No.130) situated at Women's Society, Road No.5, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad as arbitrary and illegal and against the 23 of Hyderabad Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Act, consequently direct the respondent to release the domestic water supply connection forthwith. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.SATYAM REDDY Counsel for the Respondent: MR.P.KISHORE RAO The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking to declare the action of the respondent in insisting ‘No Objection Certificate’ from a Society for giving domestic water supply connection to the petitioner’s house bearing No.8-2-293/82/W/86 (Plot No.130), situated at Women’s Society, Road No.5, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently to direct the respondent to give domestic water supply connection to the petitioner’s house forthwith. When the matter is taken up today for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in view of the interim orders passed by this Court in WPMP No.23559 of 2002, dated 03.10.2002, nothing survives for adjudication in the writ petition and the matter has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. ________________ (N.V. RAMANA, J) Date: 01.07.2005 Nsr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The General Manager, Hyderabad Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. 2 2 CD copies