HON’BLE SHRI G.S.SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.25081 OF 2006 Between: P.Padmavathamma . . .Petitioner AND The State Election Commission, Hyderabad and others . . .Respondents :: ORDER :: Counsel for the Petitioner : Shri K.Jaganmohan Reddy Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 3 : Shri V.V.Prabhakar Rao Counsel for Respondent No.4 : Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj Counsel for Respondent No.5 : Government Pleader for Revenue 1st December, 2006 PER G.S.SINGHVI, CJ In this petition, the petitioner has made the following substantive prayer: “ It is therefore prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue pass orders or directions more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the election Notification No.2491/SEC-B2/2006 dt. 15-11-2006 without determining the S.C. reservation in terms of the letter ref. No.859/06 dt. 31-10-2006 and proceedings ROC.No.4346/2006/A2, dated 17-11-2006 of the 2nd respondent as arbitrary, illegal, discriminatory and contrary to Rule 7.1 of the Rule framed under G.O.Ms.No.220 P.R. dt. 25-5-2006 and consequently direct the respondents to reserve the Sankavaram Gram Panchayat for S.C. category.” At the commencement of hearing, Shri V.V.Prabhakar Rao, learned Standing Counsel for Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission produced a photostat copy of the notification dated 29.11.2006 issued by State Election Commissioner whereby it has been decided to postpone the election in question and to take corrective measures in view of the observations made by the Court in Writ Petition No.24239 of 2006. A copy of notification dated 29.11.2006 has been supplied to Shri Kasa Jagan Mohan Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner. In our opinion, the writ petition is liable to be disposed of as infructuous because the State Election Commission has already taken steps to remedy the grievance of the petitioner. With the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of as infructuous. As a sequel to disposal of the main petition, W.P.M.P.No.32112 of 2006 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is dismissed. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 01.12.2006 kvni