IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 552 of 2001 Between: 1 J.V.Sridhar, S/o.J.Appa Rao, R/o.29-31-3, Gollpa Palem, New Central Jail Road, Visakhapatnam-20. 2 Ch.Satya Rao, S/o.Moulaiah R/o.62-734, Sriharipuram, Malkapuram Post, Visakhapatnam. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Bank of India, rep. by its Zonal Manager, AC Guards, Hyderabad. 2 Bank of India, Regional Office, 10-50-51, Kishan Bhavan, Ramnagar, Visakhapatnam. 3 Bank of India, Visakhapatnam Overseas Bank Branch, Kishan Bhavan, Ramnagar, Visakhapatnam. 4 Bank of India, Surya Bagh Branch, Visakhapatnam. .....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 order direction or writ particularly one int he nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents herein in not following the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in Excise Superintendent, Malakpatnam Vs KBN Vishweshwar Rao reported in 1996 (6) SCC 216 and not allowing the petitioner to attend the interview for the post of Sub Staff (Class-IV) and filling up these post through Employment Exchange only is illegal, arbitrary and consequently direct the respondent to issue call letter and allow the petitioner to appear for the interview of the post of Sub Staff (Class-IV) and consider him to appoint him without insisting that his name should be sponsored by the Employment Exchange. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.G.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for Respondents : Mr.P.R.PRASAD, S.C. FOR S.B.I. The Court made the following : ORDER: The learned counsel for petitioner submits that no cause survives in this writ petition and it has become infructuous. Recording the submissions made by the learned counsel for petitioner, this Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA, J Date: 6.7.2005 DA/NSR To 1 The Zonal Manager, Bank of India, AC Guards, Hyderabad. 2 The Bank of India, Regional Office, 10-50-51, Kishan Bhavan, Ramnagar, Visakhapatnam. 3 The Bank of India, Visakhapatnam Overseas Bank Branch, Kishan Bhavan, Ramnagar, Visakhapatnam. 4 The Bank of India, Surya Bagh Branch, Visakhapatnam. 5 Two CD copies.