IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No. 21901 of 2004 Between: 1 Sri Nachini Manikanta Sai Vadders & Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd., rep. by its President, B. Yellaiah, S/o. B. Mallaiah, 35 Years, R/o. H.No. 8-174, Chandanagar, Hyd. 2 Sri Laxmi Vaddera Labour Contract Co-Operative Society Ltd., rep. by its President, K. Ramreddy, S/o. Late Jaggareddy, 54 Years, R/o. 3-12-117/2/E, P.S. Colony, Ramanthapur, Hyd. 3 M.A.V.Prasad, S/o. Labe Narayana Rao, R/o. 8-4-371/A/212, Prabhatnagar, Borabanda, Hyderabad-18. 4 B. Narsing Rao, S/o Late B. Pentaiah, R/o. 1-3-509, Kavadiguda, Hyd. 5 K. Vishnumurthy, S/o. K. Surya Rao, R/o. 200/3RT, Vijayanagar Colony, Hyderabad. 6 V. Srinivas, S/o. V. Venkateshwar Rao, R/o. LIC-II-16, Udayanagar Colony, BK Guda, Hyd. 7 Sai Constructions, rep. by its Proprietor, S. Hanumantha Rao, S/o. Lachaiah, aged 42 years, R/o. H.No. 1-3-518, Kawadiguda, Hyd. 8 N.Rajkumar, S/o. Late N. Shankaraiah, R/o. 1-189, Mourya Castle, Flat No. 102, Bhavaninagar, Malkajigiri, Hyd-47. 9 Y. Sai Reddy, S/o. Y. Hanmanth Reddy, R/o. 1-7-578,/2, Ramnagar, Hyderabad-20. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Government of A.P., rep. by its Principal Secretary, R&B Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Engineer-in-Chief, (R&B) Admn., Govt of A.P., Erramanzil, Hyderabad. 3 The Supt., Engineer ( R&B), Rural Circle, Balkampet, 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 will be pleased to issue a direction, writ or order, one in the nature of Mandamus: a) declaring the action of the respondents in giving notification through tender notice dt:8-11-2004 bearing e-procurement NIT No.TS/T4/1530/2004-05 14 issued by the Respondent No.3 herein to submit the tenders for the contract works of Rs.10 lakhs and above through e-procurement method without giving any training as directed by the respondent No.2 through his Memo dt:20-11-2004 bearing memo No.22182/AE/MC/2002 and introducing the submission of tenders through e-procurement method which involves huge expenditure is arbitrary, illegal and discriminative; b) directing the authorities to permit the petitioners to submit the tenders in conventional procedure; c) granting all consequential benefits; including costs, Counsel for the Petitioners : MR.M.RAMA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR ROADS & BUILDINGS The Court made the following : O R D E R : Sri Md.Asifuddin, Advocate, representing Sri M.Rama Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners, submits that the writ petition has become infructuous. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ________________ (V.V.S.RAO, J.) 10-06-2005. Msr. To 1 The Principal Secretary, R&B Department, Govt.of A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Engineer-in-Chief, (R&B) Admn., Govt of A.P., Erramanzil, Hyderabad. 3 The Supt., Engineer ( R&B), Rural Circle, Balkampet, Hyderabad. 4 2 CCs to Government Pleader for Roads and Buildings, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. 5 2 CD copies HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S. RAO W.P.No.21901 of 2004 10-06-2005 (Msr)