IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 23826 of 1997 Between: Sri R. Heerya Naik S/o Teekiya Naik R/o Mannanoor, President of Lambada Forest Co-op Society, Mannanoor Mandal, Mahaboobnagar Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The Superintending Engineer, R&B Rural Circle, Balakampet, Hyderabad. 2. The Executive Engineer R&B Mahaboobnagar 3. The Executive Engineer, R&B Wanaparthy 4. The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Mahaboobnagar. 5. The Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Narayanapet, Mahaboobnagar Dist. 6. The Superintending Engineer, IB Red Hills, Hyderabad. (Dismissed for default as per court order Dt.21/8/2000 as against R6.) 7. The Superintending Engineer, P&R Mahaboobnagar 8. The Executive Engineer, P&R Nagarkurnool, Mahaboobnagar Dist. ....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 order direction or order more particularly one in the nature of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in insisting the petitioners for payment of earnest money deposit commercial tax clearance certificate of imposing any conditions or experience in connection with all tender notices issued on or after 15- 9-97 is arbitrary, illegal and unreasonable and consequently direct the respondents not to insist payment of earnest money deposit commercial tax clearance certificate and experience certificate from the petitioners at the time of allotment of works issued on or after 15-9-97 issued schedules to the petitioners in all tender notices. Counsel for the Petitioner: MS.B.VIDYULLATA (not present) Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ROADS & BUILDINGS The Court made the following: ORDER: None appears for the petitioner. Learned Government Pleader submits that the subject matter of this Writ Petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. ____________ 22-03-2005 kvrm To 1. The Superintending Engineer, R&B Rural Circle, Balakampet, Hyderabad. 2. The Executive Engineer R&B Mahaboobnagar 3. The Executive Engineer, R&B Wanaparthy 4. The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Mahaboobnagar. 5. The Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Narayanapet, Mahaboobnagar Dist. 6. The Superintending Engineer, IB Red Hills, Hyderabad. 7. The Superintending Engineer, P&R Mahaboobnagar 8 The Executive Engineer, P&R, Nagarkurnool, Mahaboobnagar District. 9. 2 CCs to G.P. of Roads and Buildings, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 10. 2 CD copies.