IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 12856 of 1995 Between: 1.N.L.C.V.Prasad, S/o. Raghavaiah, 36 years, R/o. Hyderabad. 2.E.Satyanarayana, S/o. E. Rao, 46 years, Vijayawada. 3.K.Seetha Ramaiah, S/o.Venkata Ratnam, 36 years, R/o. Vijayawada. 4.G.Mallikarjuna Rao, S/o. G.Venkateswara Rao,24 years, R/o, Hyderabad. 5.Ch.Venkata Sujatha, D/o. Subba Rao, 24 years, R/o. Hyderabad. 6.J.B.Subrahmanyam, S/o.J.Narasimha Murthy, 37years, R/o. Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1. The Transport Commissioner, Government of A.P., Hyderabad. 2. The Director General of Police, Govt of A.P. Hyderabad, 3. The Joint Transport Commissioner and Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Hyderabad. 4. The Deputy Transport Commissioner and Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Krishna, at Vijayawada. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction particularly a Writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents and their subordinates not to seize and detain the vehicles of he petitioners covered by All India Tourist permits and not to compound if the vehicles are plied under contract with the Agents or Contractors on the ground that it would amount to plying as Stage carriages. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.B.SIVA RAMA KRISHNAIAH Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 4: GP FOR TRANSPORT The Court made the following THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.12856 OF 1995 ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. ________________ N.V.RAMANA, J. Date: 25th August, 2004. CS/TVK ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To 1.The Transport Commissioner, Government of A.P., Hyderabad. 2.The Director General of Police, Govt. of A.P., Hyderabad. 3.The Joint Transport Commissioner and Secretary,Regional Transport Authority, Hyderabad. 4.The Deputy Transport Commissioner and Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Krishnaat Vijayawada. 5.Two C.Cs. to the Government Pleader for Transport, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. (O.U.T.) 6.Two C.D.copies.