IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 32813 of 1997 Between: 1 M.Ramakrishna Reddy S/o Rangareddy H.No.112, NGO's Colony, Guntur. 2 K.Seethapathi Rao S/o Sastrulu No.10,Sadasivanagar, Gujjinagundla, Guntur. 3 G.Venkatappa Reddy S/o Nagi Reddy Vallabhpuram (PO), Kollipara Mandal, Guntur District. 4 Kurra Sivaiah S/o Krishnaiah Appikatla (PO), Guntur District. 5 M.Butchaiah S/o Ramamurthy Chinthalapudi (PO), Ponnuru Mandal, Gunutur District. 6 Vasireddy Jayaprasad S/o Seetharamaiah 6/1,Chandramoulinagar, Guntur. 7 Universal Constructions, rep. by its Managing Partner K.Dhanujaya Rao S/o Nagabhushanam Plot.No.2,Sai Mansion,5th Line, Brindavan Gardens, Guntur-522006 8 G.Venkateswarlu S/o Punnaiah Unnava (PO), Yadlapadu (M), Guntur District. 9 Chukkapalli Mohan Rao S/o Narayanaswamy R/o Irukupalem (PO), Muppalla Mandal, Guntur District. 10 Vunnava Narasimha Rao S/o Viswanadham Janapadu (PO), Piduguralla (M), Guntur District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Superintending Engineer, R&B Circle, Guntur. 2 The Superintending Engineer, R&B Circle, Nellore. 3 The Superintending Engineer, Pancyatraj, Guntur. 4 The Superintending Engineer, Pancyatraj, Ongole. (Dismissed for default as per Court Order dt.6-9-2000 as against R-4) 5 The Superintending Engineer, Public Health, Guntur. 6 The Executive Engineer, R&B Division, Guntur. 7 The Executive Engineer, R&B Division, Tenali. 8 The Executive Engineer, R&B Division, Narasaraopet. 9 The Executive Engineer, Panchayatraj, Guntur. 10 The Executive Engineer, Panchayatraj, Tenali. 11 The Executive Engineer, Panchayatraj, Narasaraopet. 12 The Executive Engineer, Marketing, Guntur. 13 The Commissioner, Guntur Municipal Corporation, Guntur. .....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 Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in insisting for the deposit of E.M.D. in the shape of National Savings Certificates or postal term deposit scheme certificate and also insisting for submission of financial turnover certificates and also insisting for submission of tax clearance certificate from the commercial tax department along with issuing of tender schedules or at the time of exception of agree or at the time of execution of agreements along with the bill payments as being illegal void and violative of articles 14 and 19(1) (g) of the Constitution of India while directing the respondents to accept the Demand Drafts either or issuing tender schedules or at the time of execution of agreements and at the time of payment of bills amounts or at the time of refund of the deposit of E.M.D. without insisting for production of financial turnover certificates without insisting for clearance certificate from the commercial tax department and not insist the petitioners for experience certificate or physical experience certificate and income -tax clearance certificate. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.T.JAGDISH Counsel for Respondents : G.P. FOR ROADS & BUILDINGS The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no cause survives in this writ petition and it has become infructuous. Recording the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. _____________ N.V.RAMANA, J Date: 1.4.2005 DA/SVV To 1 The Superintending Engineer, R&B Circle, Guntur. 2 The Superintending Engineer, R&B Circle, Nellore. 3 The Superintending Engineer, Pancyatraj, Guntur. 5 The Superintending Engineer, Public Health, Guntur. 6 The Executive Engineer, R&B Division, Guntur. 7 The Executive Engineer, R&B Division, Tenali. 8 The Executive Engineer, R&B Division, Narasaraopet, Guntur dist. 9 The Executive Engineer, Panchayatraj, Guntur. 10 The Executive Engineer, Panchayatraj, Tenali, Guntur dist. 11 The Executive Engineer, Panchayatraj, Narasaraopet, Guntur dist. 12 The Executive Engineer, Marketing, Guntur. 13 The Commissioner, Guntur Municipal Corporation, Guntur. 14 Two CCs to the G.P. for Roads & Buildings, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 15 Two CD copies.