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.19521 of 1998 Between: Justice N.D.Patnaik S/o.Appa Rao Patnaik R/o. Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh rep. by its Secretary, Home, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Police Hyderabad City 3 M.Krishna Rao Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Hyderabad 4 Mohammad Abdul Ali Sub Inspector of Police (Traffic) Abids Zone, Hyderabad .....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 an appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus declaring that the action of the respondents 3 and 4 in seizing the Car of the petitioner bearing NO.AP.9R-1620 on 15/05/98 and shifting it to Goshamahal Vehicle Shed as illegal, arbitrary, unreasonable, unjust, unauthorised and without jurisdiction and violative of fundamental and constitutional rights guaranteed to the petitioner under Articles 14,21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and to award compensation for the Constitutional Tort committed by respondents 3 and 4 by directing the 1st respondent to pay the amount of compensation to be fixed by this Hon'ble Court and recover the same from respondents 3 and 4. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.SRINIVAS REDDY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 and 2: GP FOR HOME Counsel for the Respondent Nos.3 and 4: Mr. Sri Ranga Rao The Court made the following: ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner 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, Home, Government of Andhra Pradesh Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Police Hyderabad City 3 M.Krishna Rao Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Hyderabad 4 Mohammad Abdul Ali Sub Inspector of Police (Traffic) Abids Zone, Hyderabad 5 Two CCs to GP for Home, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 6 Two CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MUK}