IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 12591 of 2006 Between: Kousika Latha W/o. Harinath R/o. H.No. 2-107, Sulthanabad (V) & (M) Karimangar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State Election Commissioenr, The State Election Commission, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector-Cum-District Election Authority, Karimnagar District, Karimnagar. 3 The Returning Officer, Zilla Parishad, Karimnagar. 4 The Commissioner, Ramagundam Municipality, Karimnagar District. 5 J. Shankaraiah S/o. Not known to the Petitioner, Commissioner, 6 Badikela Rajalingam, S/o. Not known to the Petitioner, Chairman, .....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 of Order/Direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the order dt. 18-6-2006 of the 3rd Respondent herein in rejecting the Petitioners nomination for being elected as Member of ZPTC Ramagundam Mandal of Karimnagasr Zilla Parishad, as confirmed by the 2nd Respondent by order dt. 20-6-2006 in appeal as illegal, arbitrary, for extraneous consideration and also against the provisions of The Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 and The Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Conduct of Elections of Members and Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat, Members of Mandal Parishad and Members of Zilla Parishad) Rules, 1994 and consequently direct the respondents herein to accept the petitioners' nomination and allow her to contest the election for being elected as Member of ZPTC Ramagundam Mandal for Karimnagar Zilla Parishad and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumsances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.T.BHEEMSEN & T.V.PRANAI KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.V.V.PRABHAKARA RAO The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 12591 of 2006 O R D E R: Learned counsel for the petitioner represented that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 23-07-2008 KLP