IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 29022 of 1997 Between: 1. Tiger Tribal Labour Contract Cooperative Society Ltd. Ramachandrapuram, Venkatapuram Mandalam, Khammam District, Rep.by its President – Korsa Bhujangarao s/o Sammaiah, 42 years. 2. The Geetha Tribal Labour Contract coop. Society Ltd. Alubaka Venkatapuram (M) Khammam District Rep.by its President –Karnam Muthiah .... PETITIONERS AND 1. The superintending Engineer, Pancayat Raj,Khammam. 2. The Superintending Engineer, Roads and Buildings, Warangal. 3. The Superintending Engineer, Roads and Buildings (Midigation),Warangal. 4. The Superintending Engineer,Irrigation Circle, Warangal. 5. The Superintending Engineer, Vamsadara Project Circle, Srikakulam. 6. The Superintending Engineer, Project Wing, Sriramsagar,Karimnagar District. 7. The Superintending Engineer, R&B, Department, Eluru West Godavari District. (dismissed for default as per court orders dated 31.8.2000 as against R.2,R.5 and 6) ...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 a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in insisting the petitioner societies for payment of Earnest Money Deposits, Commercial Tax Clearance Certificate, Experience Certificates in connection with all tender notices scheduled to be issued on or after 01.10.1997 as illegal, arbitrary and unreasonable and consequentially to direct the respondents not to insist payment of Earnest money deposit, commercial Tax clearance certificates and also experience certificates from the petitioners at the time of allotment of works or issuance of schedules in connection with all tender notices scheduled to be issued on 01.10.1997 or on any other subsequent date and to issue schedules to the petitioners in all such tender notices irrespective of the district in which they registered. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR CH.SATISH KUMAR(not present) Counsel for the Respondents: G.P for Roads and Buildings (Not present) The Court made the following: ORDER: By this Writ Petition the petitioners, in effect, seek a direction to the respondents not to insist them for payment of earnest money deposit and production of Commercial Tax Clearance Certificate from the Commercial Tax Department and also experience certificate at the time of allotment of works or issuance of tender schedules in connection with all tender notices scheduled to be issued on or after 01.10.1997 disregarding any condition of experience and irrespective of District in which they are registered. None appears for the petitioners as well as the respondents. While admitting this Writ Petition on 04.11.1997, this Court passed interim order in W.P.M.P.No.33815 of 1997 directing the respondents not to insist the petitioners for payment of earnest money deposit, and production of Commercial Tax Clearance Certificate and also experience certificate at the time of allotment of works or issuance of tender schedules. The main relief and the interim relief sought for by the petitioners are one and the same. It is not known whether by virtue of the interim order, the case of the petitioners has been considered. Be that as it may, by virtue of interim order, which is akin to the main relief, no orders are required to be passed in this Writ Petition. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructious. No costs. ____________ 30-03-2005 kvrm To 1. The superintending Engineer, Pancayat Raj,Khammam. 2. The Superintending Engineer, Roads and Buildings, Warangal. 3. The Superintending Engineer, Roads and Buildings (Midigation),Warangal. 4. The Superintending Engineer,Irrigation Circle, Warangal. 5. The Superintending Engineer, Vamsadara Project Circle, Srikakulam. 6. The Superintending Engineer, Project Wing, Sriramsagar,Karimnagar District. 7. The Superintending Engineer, R&B, Department, Eluru West Godavari District. 8. 2 CCs to G.P. for Roads and Buildings, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 9. 2 CD copies.