IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA,THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.NARAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 2732 of 2002 Between: 1 U.Durga Prasada Rao S/o.Narayana Rao Medara Bazar, Machilipatnam, Krishna District 2 K.Venkata Chandra Mohan S/o.Venkata Rao Medara Bazar, Machilipatnam, Krishna District 3 Syed Abbas S/o.Ahmed Medara Bazar, Machilipatnam, Krishna District 4 B.Hayagreeva Rao S/o.Balakrishna Machilipatnam, Krishna District ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Machilipatnam Municipality Machilipatnam, Krishna District rep.by its Commissioner 2 The Municipal Council, Machilipatnam, Krishna District rep.by its Chairperson .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction declaring the action of the respondents in constructing toilets in the bye lane connecting Diamond Bazar and Medara Bazar in Machilipatnam and hereby closing the bye lane as illegal and arbitrary and pass such other orders.. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.O.MANOHER REDDY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 and 2: MR.E.SAMBASIVA PRATAP The Court made the following Oral Order: (per Sri Devinder Gupta, CJ) Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that by passage of time, the writ petition has been rendered infructuous. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of as such. No costs. ____________________ DEVINDER GUPTA, CJ Date: 6th December, 2004 ________________________ M. NARAYANA REDDY, J Pnb To 1 The Commissioner, Machilipatnam Municipality, Machilipatnam, Krishna District 2 The Chairperson, Municipal Council, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. 3 Two C.D. Copies