IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 36343 of 1998 Between: Sri Visweswara Swami Prabhala Utsava Committee , Rep. by its Convenor, Bandaru Venkata Sathi Babu, Kothapeta, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Amalapuram, East Godavari District. 2 The Circle Inspector of Police, Ravulapalem, East Godavari District. 3 The Sub-Inspector of Police, Kothapeta, East Godavari District. .....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, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, declaring that the Electronic Video games and skill games are not the games of chance and do not require any licence under any Act and consequently direct the respondents including their subordinates not to interfere with the playing of Electronic Video Games and Indian Dance performances in the festival conducted by the petitioner committee on Makhara Sankrathi day every year at Kothapeta, East Godavari District. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.N.SIVA REDDY Counsel for Respondents : G.P. FOR HOME 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: 7.4.2005 DA/SVV To 1 The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Amalapuram, East Godavari District. 2 The Circle Inspector of Police, Ravulapalem, East Godavari District. 3 The Sub-Inspector of Police, Kothapeta, East Godavari District. 4 Two CCs to the G.P. for Home, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 5 Two CD copies.