IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 25504 of 2009 Between: M/s. Asian Timbers, Hyderabad Rep. By its Prop. Smt. Ch. Padmavathi ..... PETITIONER AND The Addl. Commissioner (CT) Legal, (FAC) Office of the Commissioner of C.T. Andhra Pradesh, Nampally, Hyderabad and another .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (per THE HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI) Seeking a writ of mandamus declaring order dated 31.07.2009 passed by the first respondent rejecting to stay the collection of disputed tax of Rs.8,48,451/- as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the provisions of the APVAT Act and consequently direct the respondents not to collect the disputed tax for the assessment year 2006- 2007 pending appeal before the Appellate Tribunal, the petitioner filed this writ petition. When this writ petition is taken up for hearing on admission, it is represented by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the appeal preferred by the petitioner aggrieved by the order dated 19.6.2009 passed by the second respondent before the Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal had been disposed of and, as such, nothing survives in this writ petition, and the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the same, the Writ Petition is dismissed having become infructuous. No order as to costs. ____________________ Justice T.Meena Kumari __________________________ Justice Nooty Ramamohana Rao March 2, 2010 MAS