IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G. BIKSHAPATHY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE Ch.S.R.K. PRASAD WRIT PETITION No: 19634 of 2004 Between: M. Chandrasekhar, S/o. Balappa, R/o. K.K. Agraharam, B.K. Samudram Mandal, Anantapur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of A.P., rep. by its Secretary to Govt., General Administration ( L&O.II) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Collector and District Magistrate, Anantapur District, Anantapur. 3 Superintendent of Police, Anantapur District, Anantapur. 4 Superintendent, Central Prison, Charlapalli, R.R.District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court maybe pleased to Issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, calling for the records relating to C.No.5001-32/MC/2004, dt. 20.9.2004 and quash the same as it is illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the provisions of Act 1/1986 and order release of the detenu namely Ediga Mekala Sreenath Gowd, S/o. Balappa forthwith and consequently direct the respondents to pay Rs. 50,000/- by way of damages for detaining the detenu illegally. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.N.SUBBA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following: ORAL ORDER: Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the detenu has already released on 11-11-2004. Hence, the Writ Petition has become infructuous. Recording the above submissions, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. ____________________ (G. BIKSHAPATHY, J.) ___________________ (CH.S.R.K. PRASAD, J.) Date: 18-11-2004 ES To 1 The Secretary, Government of A.P., General Administration ( L&O.II) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Collector and District Magistrate, Anantapur District, Anantapur. 3 The Superintendent of Police, Anantapur District, Anantapur. 4 The Superintendent, Central Prison, Charlapalli, R.R. District. 5. 2 CCs to the Advocate General, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT). 6. 2 CD copies.