THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION No.803 of 2000 Date: 11.07.2007 Between: Board of Trustees of the Port of Visakhapatnam, Rep. by its Secretary. ..... PETITIONER AND The Visakhapatnam Port Employees Union, Dharma Shakti Bhavan, 26-15-204, Visakhapatnam – 530 001 and nine others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION No.803 of 2000 ORAL ORDER: This writ petition is filed for issuance of writ of mandamus declaring the strike by the respondents/workmen as illegal, and to direct the respondents, their representatives and agents in any manner not obstruct the alternative arrangement for carrying out the work by the petitioner and for appropriate orders. A perusal of the averments made in the petition shows that when the conciliation proceedings are pending, the respondents have gone on strike from 18.01.2000 and paralised the entire economy. This Court, while admitting the writ petition on 22.01.2000, granted interim direction restraining the respondents and their representatives not to obstruct the alternative arrangement for carrying out the work by the petitioner, and the same has not been vacated. In all probability, the strike might have been called off and the matter might have been settled between the employer and the workers. Therefore, no further orders are necessary in this writ petition. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ A. GOPAL REDDY, J Date: 11.07.2007 va