IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.14252 of 1998 Between: B. Bixam S/o. Venkanna R/o. Thungapahad, Miryalaguda, Nalgonda District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Executive Engineer (R&B) Division, Tenali, Guntur District. .....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 Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ declaring the impugned letter issued by the Respondent dt: 16-5-1998 to the extent of demand of stamp papers/ stamp duty for getting the lease deed registered as illegal, arbitrary and without sanction of law and violative of the principles of natural justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.KOWTURU VINAYA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR TRANSPORT The Court made the following: ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the cause in this writ petition does not survive and has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 22.02.2005 Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Executive Engineer (R&B) Division, Tenali, Guntur District. 2. Two CCs to GP for Transport, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 3. 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{RAGHU}