IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 14970 of 1998 Between: Shri K.Krishna Kishore S/o Bhaskar Rao R/o Narsipatnam , Vishakapatnam Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Chief Engineer NABARD, Panchayat Raj , Hyderabad 2 The Superintending Engineer Panchayat Raj Circle Kakinada , East Godavari Dist. 3 R.Nooka Raju S/o Narayana R/o Rollugunta Village and Mandal, Vishakapatnam Dist. .....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 or order one in the nature of the writ of mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not accepting the tender of the petitioner as per the recommendations of the 2nd respondent made through Letter No.14/NABARD/Tenders /AEE.II/97-98 dt 19-5-98, as arbitrary and illegal and consequently direct the respondents to accept the tender of the petitioner and finalise all the formalities to complete the works as early as possible. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.SHAIK ANWAR PASHA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following: ORDER: The present writ petition is filed questioning the action of the first respondent in not accepting petitioner’s tender as per the recommendations of second respondent dated 19-5-1998. None appeared for the petitioner, nor any representation made on his behalf. Learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj submitted that the petitioner herein was the second lowest tenderer and the work was allotted to third respondent who is lowest tenderer and that the subject work was completed and the matter has become infructuous. In the circumstances, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA,J 16-3-2005 TVK To 1 The Chief Engineer NABARD, Panchayat Raj , Hyderabad 2 The Superintending Engineer Panchayat Raj Circle Kakinada , East Godavari Dist. 3. 2 CCs to G.P. for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, High Court buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 4 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MSKM}