IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.22200 of 1995 Between: AP BEVERAGES CORP. UDYOG SANGH (REGD. NO.B-1953 AFFL. TO BMS), Office at 1-8-565/5, RTC x ROADS, HYDERABAD, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY SRI P. GANESH SINGH. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 THE STATE OF AP REP. BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY-CUM-CHAIRMAN, APBCL, SECRETARIAT, HYDERABAD 2 AP BEVERAGES CORP. LTD. REP. BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR OPP: POLICE CONTROL ROOM, HYDERABAD 3 AP CO-OP BANK (APCOB) REP. BY ITS CHAIRMAN, HEAD OFFICE TROOP BAZAR, 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 may be pleased to issue a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or order or direction in the nature of a Writ declaring the proposed action of the respondents to retrench the members of petitioner’s union herein consequent to the introduction of the total prohibition resulting in paralisation of the activities of 2nd respondent corporation as arbitrary, illegal, violative of Articles 14,16 & 21 of the Constitution of India and to direct the respondents 1 and 2 to absorb the members of the petitioner’s union herein in any employment either in the State Govt. Dept. or in any other State run Corporations by protecting their scales of pay and other terms and conditions presently enjoyed by them. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.KRISHNA Counsel for the Respondent No.1: None appeared Counsel for the Respondent No.2: MR.G.MANOHAR Counsel for the Respondent No.3: None appeared The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner represents that the cause in this writ petition does not survive and has become infructuous. Recording the same, the Writ Petition is dismissed as having become ‘infructuous’. No costs. ________________ (N.V. RAMANA, J) Date: 07.10.2004 Nsr. To 1 THE CHIEF SECRETARY-CUM-CHAIRMAN, APBCL, STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, SECRETARIAT, HYDERABAD 2 THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, AP BEVERAGES CORP. LTD. OPP: POLICE CONTROL ROOM, HYDERABAD 3 THE CHAIRMAN, ANDHRA PRADESH CO-OPERATIVE BANK (APCOB) HEAD OFFICE TROOP BAZAR, HYDERABAD 4 Two CD copies.