IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.941 of 1998 Between: Pabbati Raji Reddy, S/o. Ram Reddy, R/o. Narayanapur (V), Koheda Mandal, Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Baswaraj Shankar, S/o. Rajaiah, r/o. Teegalaguntapally Village, Koheda Mandal, Karimnagar District. 2 Myakala Mohan Reddy, S/o. Venkat Reddy, r/o. Teegalaguntapally Village, Koheda Mandal, Karimnagar District. 3 V.Padma reddy, S/o. Raj Reddy, R/o. Gotla Mitta Village, Koheda Mandal, Karimnagar District. 4 Gandla Chandra Mouli, S/o. Bhadraiah, R/o. Narayanapur Village, Koheda Mandal, Karimnagar District. 5 Neerati Rajaiah, S/o.Kotaiah, R/o. Gotla Mitta Village, Koheda Mandal, Karimnagar District. 6 E.Anantham, Executive Engineer, Zilla parishad, Karimnagar and Election officer and Government Servant, R/o. Karimnagar. 7 The Election Authority i.e., the district Collector, Karimnagar. .....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 an appropriate Writ, order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamud declaring the order and decree dated 23-9- 1997 in O.P.No. 33 of 1996 on the file of hte Court of the Subordinate judge at Karimnagr as illegal, arbitrary, unreasonable, contrary to the provisions of A.P. panchayat Raj (ElectionTribunals in respect of gram panchayats, Mandal parishads and Zilla parishads) Rules, 1995 and issue a Consequential direction setting a side the same and further declare that I am duly elected as member of the Mandal parishead, Koheda Mandal parishad from Narayanapur Mandal Constituency in the elections held on 6-3-1995 after setting aside the elections of the respondent No. 1 to the said office. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.RAJAMALLA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.941 of 1998 ORDER: (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice V. Eswaraiah) This writ petition is filed questioning the order, dated 23-09-1997, in O.P.No.33 of 1997 on the file of the Subordinate Judge, Karimnagar, wherein the election petition filed by the petitioner was dismissed. As the term for the election in question had been lapsed, nothing survives in the writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. The interim order granted on 12-01-1998 stands vacated. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ V.ESWARAIAH, J ________________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J Dated: 27-01-2009 Prv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1) 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{PRASAD}