IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY WRIT PETITION No.4413 of 2000 Between: 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep.by The Principal Secretary to Revenue Department A.P.Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Prohibition & Excise A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3 The Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise Hyderabad Division at Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND K.Krishnaiah Mahabubnagar District (Under Reversion) .....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 notice, call for records and quash the order in O.A.No.8591/98, Dt.30/09/99 on the file of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad by issuing a Writ of certiorari or any other appropriate Writ or order or direction as the Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:GP FOR SERVICES II Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.M.RAMA RAO The Court made the following : HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY WRIT PETITION No.4413 of 2000 ORDER: (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice V. Eswaraiah) When the matter was taken up for hearing on 07-07-2009, it was reported that the sole respondent died. Therefore, the matter was adjourned by two weeks so as to enable the learned counsel for the petitioners to get the legal representatives of the sole respondent on record, otherwise the writ petition itself gets abated. As the sole respondent died and as no steps have been taken to bring his legal representatives on record, the writ petition gets abated. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as abated. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ V.ESWARAIAH, J _____________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J Date: 21-07-2009 Prv