IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 15342 of 2000 Between: 1 T.Veeraiah Guptha S/o.Narsimhaiah H.No.68 Old Bus Stand, IEEJA-509127. 2 M.Pedda Adeppa S/o.Eswarappa H.No.5-90 New Bus Stand, IEEJA 509127. 3 Ch.Kishore Kumar S/o.Subash Chandra Bose H.No.6-70 (Upstair) Old Bus Stand, IEEJA 509127. 4 R.Eswar Reddy S/o.Laxmanna H.No.17-157 Rangupet, IEEJA 509127. 5 R.Ashok S/o.Venkatramulu H.No.6-23 Old Bus Stand, IEEJA 509127. 6 Roja Rani D/o.Mahesh Babu H.No.2-36, Gadwal Road, Old Bus Stand, IEEJA 509129. 7 S.Venkatesh Goud S/o.Nagan Goud H.No.17-63 Near Mahatma Gandhi Status, IEEJA. 8 D.Laxminarayana S/o.Anjaneylu H.No.2-1/6 New Bus Stand, IEEJA 509127. 9 P.G.Sreedhar S/o.Gangadarappa H.No.5-84 New Bus Stand, IEEJA 509127. 10 M.Ramaiah S/o.Shankaraiah H.No.17-25 Near Veg Market, IEEJA 509129. 11 M.Srinivasulu S/o.Venkaiah Near Telephone Exchange, IEEJA 509129. 12 M.Shankaraiah S/o.Venkaiah H.No.2-27/B RCR Cross Roads, IEEJA 509129. .... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Chief General Manager, (Telecom- A.P.Circle), Abids, Hyderabad. 2 The General Manager, (Telecom), Mahabubnagar District, Near Setty Complex, Rajendranagar. 3 The Divisional Engineer, (Telecom) Rajeev Marg Gadwal-509127. 4 The Sub Divisional Engineer, (Telecom -Groups -Gadwal) O/o.DET Rajeev Marg, Gadwal. 5 Junior Telecom Officer, (Telecom-Groups-Gadwal,) O/o DET Rajeev Marg, Gadwal 509125. ....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 issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus by declaring the action of the respondents in ignoring the seniority, while giving new telephone connections as being illegal and arbitrary, and consequently direct the respondents to provide new telephone connections as being illegal and arbitrary, and consequently direct the respondents to provide new telephone connections forthwith, the petitioners, as per their preferred telephone Numbers, Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.SRINIVAS REDDY (not present) Counsel for the Respondents : MR.G.S.PRAKASH RAO The Court made the following : ORDER: The present writ petition is filed questioning the action of the respondents in ignoring the seniority while giving new telephone connections. None appeared for the petitioner. Learned Standing Counsel for Respondents submitted that the cause in the writ petition does not survive and it has become infructuous. Recording the same, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ____________ N.V.RAMANA,J 28-06-2005 TVK ASST. REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Chief General Manager, (Telecom- A.P.Circle), Abids, Hyderabad. 2 The General Manager, (Telecom), Mahabubnagar District, Near Setty Complex, Rajendranagar. 3 The Divisional Engineer, (Telecom) Rajeev Marg Gadwal-509127. 4 The Sub Divisional Engineer, (Telecom -Groups -Gadwal) O/o.DET Rajeev Marg, Gadwal. 5 The Junior Telecom Officer, (Telecom-Groups-Gadwal,) O/o DET Rajeev Marg, Gadwal 509125. 6) 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MADHURI}