IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.674 of 2008 Between: 1 P. Raju, S/o. Phoolsingh, R/o. C/o. H.No. 7-1-632/130/A, Bapunagar, SR Nagar, Hyderabad. 2 M. Mallesh, S/o. M. Kistaiah, R/o. C/o. H.No. 7-1-632/130/A, Bapunagar, SR Nagar, Hyderabad. 3 A. Shiva Kumar, S/o. Rajaiah, R/o. C/o. H.No. 7-1-632/130/A, Bapunagar, SR Nagar, Hyderabad. 4 M. Vijaya Kumar, S/o. M. Anand Rao, R/o. C/o. H.No. 7-1-632/130/A, Bapunagar, SR Nagar, Hyderabad. 5 Md. Ismail, S/o. Md. Hussain, R/o. C/o. H.No. 7-1-632/130/A, Bapunagar, SR Nagar, Hyderabad. 6 Jammula Rajeshwar, S/o. Sri T. Rama Krishnaiah, R/o. C/o. H.No. 7-1-632/130/A, Bapunagar, SR Nagar, Hyderabad. 7 Md. Liaquat Ali, S/o. Md. Azam Ali, R/o. C/o. H.No. 7-1-632/130/A, Bapunagar, SR Nagar, Hyderabad. 8 P. Sathaiah, S/o. P. Narasaiah, R/o. C/o. H.No. 7-1-632/130/A, Bapunagar, SR Nagar, Hyderabad. 9 K C Madhava Murthy, S/o. K. Chandrashekar, R/o. C/o. H.No. 7-1-632/130/A, Bapunagar, SR Nagar, Hyderabad. .... PETITIONERS AND 1 Mishra Dhathu Nigam Limited, Post Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad. Rep. by is Chairman and Managing Director. 2 Aeronautical Materials Testing Laboratory, Post Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad, rep. by its Deputy General Manager. 3 The Government of Andra Pradesh, rep. by its Commissioner of Labour, RTX Roads, Hyderabad. 4 The Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Ranga Reddy District Zone,, RTX Roads, Hyderabad. 5 The Regional Labour Commissioner (Central), Shivam Road, Vidyanagar, Hyderabad. .....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 writ particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ (i) declaring the action of the respondents in not including the contract workers including the petitioners herein as eligible voters under the Andhra pradesh Industrial workers (Representation, Participation in Management and Relief) Act, 1998 (Act 24 of 1998) in the process of recognition of the majority union operating in the ﬁrst respondent industry-MIDHANI, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direst the respondents to include the petitioners and other contract workers working in the ﬁrst respondent industry as eligible voters in the ensuring process of recognition of majority union operating in the industry. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.G.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for the Respondents: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.674 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition has been ﬁled by the petitioners assailing the action of the respondents in not including their names as contract workers to become eligible voters under the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Workers (Representation, Participation in Management and Relief) Act, 1998. Learned counsel appearing for respondents 1 and 2 submits that elections were held for the Union and new body assumed the oﬃce and therefore, the writ petition has become infructuous. This factual aspect has not been contradicted by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ (B.Seshasayana Reddy, J) Dated: 01.09.2008 sh