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.22953 of 1998 Between: 1 Sri Venkateswara Labour Contract Society Limited, Rep. by its T. Seshagiri Rao, Pichikalagudipadu, Korchipadu Mandal, Prakasam District. 2 Kunkipadu Labour Contract Cooperative Society Limited, Rep. by its A. Subba Reddy, Kunkipadu Village, Adanki Mandal, Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of A.P., Rep. by its Secretary, Transport Roads & Buildings (B.III) Department, Secretariat , Hyderabad. 2 The Executive Engineer, Panchyat Raj Department, Ongole, Prakasam District. 3 The Executive Engineer, Road & Buildings Department, Ongole, Prakasam District. 4 The Executive Engineer, Panchyat Raj Department, Kandukur, Prakasam District. 5 The Executive Engineer, R.W.S. Division, Ongole, Prakasam Dist. .....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 a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring the G.O.Ms.No.6, Transport, Road & Buildings (B.III) Department dt:12.1.1996 as illegal, arbitrary and irrational and consequently direct the respondents to restore the old procedure of recovering the seignorage chagres from the bills of the contractors by the respondents and their subordinates in accordance with the G.O.MS.No. 205, Transport, Road and Buildings (B.III) Department dt:5.10.1993. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.V.VENKATA RAMI REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ROADS & BUILDINGS The Court made the following: ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the cause in the writ petition does not survive and it has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, 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, Transport Roads & Buildings (B.III) Department, Government of A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Executive Engineer, Panchyat Raj Department, Ongole, Prakasam District. 3 The Executive Engineer, Road & Buildings Department, Ongole, Prakasam District. 4 The Executive Engineer, Panchyat Raj Department, Kandukur, Prakasam District. 5 The Executive Engineer, R.W.S. Division, Ongole, Prakasam Dist. 6 Two CCs to GP for Roads and Buildings, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 7 Two CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KRD}