IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 3267 of 1996 Between: Swarna Chenchaiah S/o. Kondaiah R/o. Nandanavanam, Prakasam Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Chairman, Tobacco Board of India, Srinivasa Rao Thota, Guntur. 2 The Auction Superintendent, Auction Platform No. 26-27, Kandukuru, Prakasam Dist. .....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 a writ order or order more especially one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not considering the petitioner's application for the post of Asst. Starter in Auction Platform No. 26-27 of Kandukur for the season 95-96 is arbitrary, capricious, violative of principles of natural justice and consequentially declare that the seniority and experience of the casual and temporary appointment made to the petitioner as Assistant Starter right from 1985 will have to be considered for the appointment in future and consequentially declare that restricting the age limit to the post of Assistant Starter at 30 years is wholly biased as the petitioner joined the respondent's Tobacco Board as a Casual employee in the year 1985 itself when the petitioner was aged 26 years old and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.RAVI SHANKAR JANDHYALA Counsel for the Respondents: Mr.C.V.MOHAN REDDY (SC for Tobacco Board). The Court made the following : ORDER: The learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the subject matter of this Writ Petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ________________ B.PRAKASH RAO, J. Dated 29-11-2004. SKMR ..... REGISTRAR To 1 The Chairman, Tobacco Board of India, Srinivasa Rao Thota, Guntur. 2 The Auction Superintendent, Auction Platform No. 26-27, Kandukuru, Prakasam Dist. 3. 2CD copies.