IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.24490 of 2002 Between: 1 Kadari Ananda Rao S/o Late Samuel, R/o H.No.1-15-9, Adarshnagar, Pedda Waltair, Visakhapatnam. 2 Basanaoina Gangaraju, S/o Musalaiah, R/o A/192, Scindia Old Colony, Gandhigram, Visakhapatnam. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Hindustan Shipyard Limitted, Rep. by its Chairman-cum- Managing Director, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Managing Director, (Personnel & Legal), Hindustan Shipyard Limitted, Gandhigram, Visakhapatnam. 3 The Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam. 4 The General Secretary, Hindustan Shipyard Staff & Workers Union, Visakhapatnam. 5 The General Secretary, INTUC, Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Gandhigram, Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a Writ, order or direction, one particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the Respondent No.2 in circulating the note dated 3.12.2002 to the Managers of Electrical and Prefabrication Departments of Hindustan Shipyard Limitted, Visakhapatnam in derecognizing the Petitioners as oﬃce bearers in the Recognized panel under the name of Hindustan Shipyard Staﬀ and workers Union is illegal, arbitrary and contrary to Rule 14 of the Bye-laws of the Hindustan Shipyard Staﬀ and Workers Union, Visakhapatnam and principles of natural justice and direct the Respondent No.1 & 2 to confer all the rights and facilities as union oﬃce bearers of recognized panel named as Hindustan Shipyard Staﬀ and Workers Union, Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.SOMESWARA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.P.V.UMASHANKARA RAO The Court made the following: Form-NIC-OGS/WP{JCS} THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.24490 of 2002 O R D E R: Sri K.Someswara Kumar, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the cause in the present writ petition does not survive and the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the submission of the learned counsel for the petitioners, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. ___________________ V.ESWARAIAH,J Dated: 12.09.2008 Dsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 Hindustan Shipyard Limitted, Rep. by its Chairman-cum- Managing Director, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Managing Director, (Personnel & Legal), Hindustan Shipyard Limitted, Gandhigram, Visakhapatnam. 3 The Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam. 4 The General Secretary, Hindustan Shipyard Staff & Workers Union, Visakhapatnam. 5 The General Secretary, INTUC, Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Gandhigram, Visakhapatnam. 6.2CCs to 7.2CD copies