IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 21853 of 1994 Between: 1 Vesalapu Apparao S/o.late Demudu, IV Addl.Rent Controller City Small Causes Courts Hyderabad 2 M.Ramamurthy Varma S/o.late Nagaiah varma Pathapatnam Srikakulam Dist. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of A.P., Rep. by its Chief Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Special Secretary, F & P(FW PC.11) Department., Secretariat, Hyderabad 3 The Dist. Judge, Srikakulam 4 The Sub-Treasuary Officer, Pathapatnam 5 The Chief Judge, City Small Causes Court, Hyderabad 6 The Pay and Accounts Officer, 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 will be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus, directing the respondents to implement the directions granted by the Supreme Court in the judgment in AIR 1992 Supreme Court 165, and AIR 1993 Supreme court, 2493 dt.13/11/91 and 24/8/93 with regard to the collection of house rent from the judicial officers occupying government quarters, by not collecting more the 12 and 1/2% of the Salary(including H.R.A.), declaring that the deduction of no payment of the house rent allowance payable, and collection of the 10% of the pay is arbitrary, capricious, illegal, and opposed to the principles of natural justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.D.RAMALINGA SWAMY Counsel for the Respondents : G.P. for Finance & Planning The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: Sri Balakrishna Rao representing Sri D.Ramalinga Swamy, learned counsel for the petitioners, submits that the writ petition has become infructuous. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ________ 23-6-2005 asp To: 1 The Chief Secretary, Government of A.P, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Special Secretary, F & P(FW PC.11) Department., Secretariat, Hyderabad 3 The Dist. Judge, Srikakulam 4 The Sub-Treasuary Officer, Pathapatnam 5 The Chief Judge, City Small Causes Court, Hyderabad 6 The Pay and Accounts Officer, Hyderabad 7. Two C.C. to the G.P. for Finance & Planning, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 8. Two C.D. copies