IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.17364 of 1997 Between: Naidupet Major Gram Panchayat, Rep.by its Sarpanch, Smt.D.Ragamma, W/o.Chenchu Krishnaiah, R/o.Naidupet Village and Mandal, Nellore District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj, Hyderabad. 2 Commissioner of Land Revenue, Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector, Nellore. 4 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Naidupet, Nellore District. 5 T.Balakrishna Reddy, S/o.T.Venkata Krishna Reddy, R/o.Naidupet, Nellore 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 may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, more in the nature of Mandamus declaring the proceedings No.Spl.B1/1948/96, Dt.24/9/96 of the Commissioner of Land Revenue, Hyderabad and proceedings of the District Collector, Nellore in proceedings No.Rc.No.8594/93, Dt.12/11/96 as being arbitrary, illegal, unconstitutional, malafide and without jurisdiction and contrary to the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 and consequently declare them as null and void. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.A.GIRIDHAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 4: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEVELOPMENT Counsel for the Respondent No.5: None The Court made the following: ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the cause in the writ petition does not survive and it has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 15.03.2005 Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Principal Secretary, State of Andhra Pradesh, Panchayat Raj, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Land Revenue, Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector, Nellore. 4 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Naidupet, Nellore District. 5 Two CCs to GP for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 6 Two CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KRD}