IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 1140 of 1998 Between: Manthena Venugopala Raju, S/o. Alluraiah raju, R/o. 2nd Lane, Ashoknagar, Guntur. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Superintending Engineer, Srisailam Left Bank Canal, Circle-I, Gandhamavari gudem, Nalgonda. 2 The Superintending Engineer, Srisailam Left Bank Canal, Circle-II, Gandhamvari Gudem, Nalgonda. .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents herein in insisting on the experience certificate as a pre-qualification condition for participation in tenders as illegal and void. Counsel for the Petitioner : NONE APPEARED Counsel for Respondents : G.P. FOR IRRIGATION & COMM AREA DEV. The Court made the following : ORDER: None appears for the petitioner. The learned Government Pleader submits that by lapse of time and in view of the interim order granted by this Court in W.P.M.P.No. 1281 of 1998 dated 19.1.1998, nothing survives for adjudication in this writ petition. Recording the said submission of the learned Government Pleader, the writ petition is closed. _____________ N.V.RAMANA, J Date: 14.2.2005 DA To 1 The Superintending Engineer, Srisailam Left Bank Canal, Circle-I, Gandhamavari Gudem, Nalgonda. 2 The Superintending Engineer, Srisailam Left Bank Canal, Circle-II, Gandhamvari Gudem, Nalgonda. 3 Two CCs to the G.P. for Irrigation & CAD, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 4 Two CD copies.