IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.1197 OF 2007 Between: Mohammed Mastan. … Petitioner AND The District Panchayat Officer & Convenor, District Level Committee, Krishna District, Machilipatnam and two others. … Respondents This Court made the following: ORDER: The petitioner challenged the notification dated 06-01-2007 issued by the District Panchayat Officer, Krishna District at Machilipatnam, in so far as it pertained to auctioning of sand quarries at Magallu, Raghavapuram and Nandigama under item Nos.2, 3 and 4. 2. By interim order dated 23-01-2007, this Court granted suspension of the notification dated 06-01-2007 apropos the proposed auction of the reaches under items 2, 3 and 4. 3. The respondents filed W.V.M.P.No.266 of 2008 to vacate the above order. It is however to be noticed that the impugned notification dated 06-01-2007 specified that the tender duration was valid for one year. Further, the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Nandigama, stated in his counter that the lease period under the impugned notification would have been for a period of one year. In that view of the matter, there is no possibility of the respondents acting upon the impugned tender notification dated 06-01-2007 at this late stage even if the interim order is vacated. By efflux of time, the petitioner’s challenge to the impugned notification dated 06-01-2007 is rendered infructuous. 4. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J February 10, 2011. AMD/KVS