IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 714 of 2005 Between: E.L. Sanjanna Goud, S/o. Venkataswamy Goud, 3rd Ward, Veldurthy Village and Mandal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Collector and District Magistrate, Kurnool District, Kurnool. .....RESPONDENT 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 issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to declare the impugned proceedings Rc.CS2/496/2004 dt. 9-1- 2005 issue by the respondent bifurcating the Fair Shop of the petitioner situated at Ward No. 3 Veldurthy Village and Mandal, Kurnool District duly reducting less than the minimum cards, as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the guidelines prescribed by the Government and consequently set aside the same. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.J.JANAKIRAMI REDDY Counsel for Respondent : G.P. FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no cause survives in this writ petition and it has become infructuous. Recording the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. _____________ N.V.RAMANA, J Date: 21.4.2005 DA/SVV To 1. The Collector and District Magistrate, Kurnool District, Kurnool. 2. Two CCs to the G.P. for Civil Supplies, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 3. Two CD copies.