IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH, AT HYDERABAD HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S. RAO W.P. No. 10106 OF 1999 Date: 09.08.2005 BETWEEN: Chennuri Rama Swamy …. PETITIONER Vs. Superintending Engineer, Vattivagu Project Division, Asifabad, Adilabad District. …. RESPONDENTS ORDER: The respondent issued tender notice on 19.4.1999 inviting tenders for the work of Vattivagu Project. As per the tenders a contractor was required to pay 1% of the Earnest Money Deposit on the estimated value. The petitioner, who claims to be a Scheduled Tribe, i.e., Chenchu, filed the writ petition seeking a declaration that the action of the respondent in insisting upon him payment of Earnest Money Deposit as illegal and arbitrary, because he belongs to a Scheduled Tribe. Though this Court admitted the writ petition on 27.9.1999 no interim orders were passed. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Irrigation and CAD, Ms. Vedavati submits that the work was allotted to a successful tenderer and the same was also executed. In that view of the matter, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. _____________________ V.V.S. RAO, J. 9th August, 2005 Js.