IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO FRIDAY, THE NINTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, TWO THOUSAND TEN WRIT PETITION No. 26202 of 1996 Between: 1. M.Krishna 2. A.Rajanarsu 3. P.Rajeeru 4. R.Rajamogili … Petitioners And The Singareni Collieries Company Ltd., Rep. By its Chairman and Managing Director, Kothagudem, Khammam District And 9 others … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri M.Panduranga Rao Counsel for the respondents: Mr.K.Srinivasa Murthy Mr.Hari Sreedhar This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 26202 of 1996 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “… Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the official respondents in promoting the Unofficial respondents as Shearer Operators (Machine Mining Operators) while ignoring the case of the petitioners vide office order Ref. No. AVK/27/766, dated 7.8.1996 of the ACME/Agent, VK Group of Mines, Kothagudem area as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India.” At the hearing, Sri M.Panduranga Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that no cause is surviving and the writ petition has become infrucuous. Recording the said submission of the learned counsel, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. _________________________________ NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO,J Date: 19.02.2010 knk