IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.7904 of 2009 Between: 1 Vennapoosa Reddy Ram Reddy S/o. Venkata Subba Reddy R/o. Kanakadripalle Village, Kolimigundla Mandal, Kurnool District. 2 Vennapoosa Reddy Vigneswara Reddy S/o. V.R. Ram Reddy R/o. Kanakadripalle Village, Kolimigundla Mandal, Kurnool District. 3 Vennapoosa Reddy Laxmi Reddy S/o. Venkata Subba Reddy R/o. Kanakadripalle Village, Kolimigundla Mandal, Kurnool District. 4 Talari Obulesu S/o. Pedda Obulesu R/o. Kanakadripalle Village, Kolimigundla Mandal, Kurnool District. 5 Pucha Gopal Reddy S/o. Chencha Reddy R/o. Kanakadripalle Village, Kolimigundla Mandal, Kurnool District. 6 Sangati Ramanjaneya Reddy S/o. Somi Reddy R/o. Kanakadripalle Village, Kolimigundla Mandal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Station House Officer, Kolimigundla Village & Mandal, Kurnool District. 2 The Circle Inspector of Police, Kolimigundla Village & Mandal, Kurnool District. 3 The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Allagadda, Kurnool District. 4 The Superintendent of Police,Kurnool District. Kurnool. .....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 any writ order or direction more particularly a writ in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in intending to detain the petitioners in the police station without following due process of law with a view to prevent them from working as election agents and poling agents in the coming assembly and parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on 23-4-2009 as arbitrary, illegal, and violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to detain the petitioners in the police station and not to prevent the petitioners from working as election agent and poling agents in the coming assembly and parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on 23-4-2009 in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.NAGENDRA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.7904 of 2009 ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 27th April, 2009 IBL