IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No: 2827 of 1998 BETWEEN: 1 Maddi Venkata Ratnam & Co. Private Limited, Chilakaluripeta, Guntur District, Rep. by its Managing Director Maddi Venkateswar Rao S/o. Late M. Venkata Ratnam, aged 51 years, R/o. Pasumarru, Chilakaluripeta, Guntur District. 2 Maddi Venkateswara Rao S/o. Late Maddi Venkata Ratnam R/o. Pasumarru, Chilkaluripeta, Guntur District. ... PETITIONERS AND 1 Union of India Rep. by its Finance Secretry, Central Secretariat, North Block, New Delhi. 2 Union Bank of India Rep. by its Chief Manager, Guntur Branch, Guntur. 3 The Chairman, Debt Recovery Tribunal, Krishi Bhavan, Nrupatanga Road, Bangalore. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the Recovery of the Debts due to the Banks and Financial Institutions Act (Central Act 51/95) as ultra vires and violative of Articles 14, 19, 21, 300 and 246(3) of Constitution of India and pass such further or other orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.A.RAMAKRISHNA Counsel for the Respondents: MR.P.SURESH MR. A. RAJASEKHAR REDDY ASST. SOLICITOR GENERAL The Court made the following: ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous and there survives no cause for adjudication. Recording the above submission, the writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J _____________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J January 21, 2009 DSK