IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.7195 of 2004 Between: K.Madhusudhana Rao, s/o Venkata Subbaiah, Occ:Field Officer, Office of the Regional Manager, Tobacco Board, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Chairman, Tobacco Board, Ministry of Finance, Govt., of India, Sreenivasa Rao Thota, Guntur. 2 The Secretary, Tobacco Board, Ministry of Finance, Govt., of India, Sreenivasa Rao Thota, Guntur. 3 Inquiry Officer, Sri N.Amarnath, OSD (Vigilance) Tobacco Board, Head Office, Ministry of Finance, Govt., of India, Sreenivasa Rao Thota, 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 an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in passing the order in Ref. No.TB/Vig/KMSR/2002/243, dt.10-02-2004 as wholly arbitrary, illegal and unlawful and violative of principles of natural justice and consequently direct the 1st respondent to change the inquiry officer/3rd respondent and to appoint an adhoc or new enquiry officer in accordance with Rule:16 of the CCS(CCA) Rules and thereby pass all necessary orders Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr.CH.RAVINDRA BABU Counsel for the Respondents: Mr.S.SRINIVASA REDDY The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: Sri S. Sudershan, learned counsel representing Sri Ch.Ravindra Babu, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the cause in the Writ Petition has become infructuous, as of now. Recording the said submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. 03-4-2008 prk