IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 23162 of 2001 Between: 1 V. Sitharamaiah, S/o. Bushaiah, r/o. Enamalakuduru, Penamaluru Mandal, Krishna District. 2 D. Murali Mohan Rao, s/o. Raghavaiah, ZPTC Member, Penamaluru Mandal, R/o. Enamalakuduru , Krishna District. 3 M. Rajasekhar, S/o. Radhakrishna Murthy, MPTC Member, R/o. Enamalakuduru, Penamaluru Mandal, Krishna District. 4 M. ManikyalaRao, S/o. Tirupathi Rao, Mandal Vice President, Penamaluru, r/o. Enamalakuduru, Penamaluru Mandal, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Panchayat Officer, Krishna District, Machilipatnam. 2 Asst Director, Mines & Geology, Vijayawada. 3 Executive Engineer, Krishna Canal Division, Vijayawada. 4 Executive Officer, Gram Panchayat, Enamalakuduru, Penamaluru Mandal, Krishna District. 5 K.V. Krishna Murthy, S/o. Venkateswara Rao, R/o. Bharathinagar, Vijayawada. .....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 an order direction of writ particularly one in the nature of writ of 'Mandamus’ declaring the proceedings of the 1st respondent in No. 366/2001. PTS.1 dt.25-10-2001 as being illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and set aside the same and consequently direct respondents 1 to 4 to conduct auctions a fresh to Reach No. 6 of Krishna Left Flood Bank in between K.Ms.3.00 to K.Ms.5.150. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.S.NIRANJAN REDDY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 4: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. Counsel for the Respondent No.5: MR. K.V. KRISHNA MURTHY The Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO.23162 OF 2001 ORDER: Mr.S.Ravikanth representing Mr.S.Niranjan Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners, submits that the writ petition has become infructuous. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. ___________ (V.V.S.RAO,J) 17.09.2004. pln To 1 The District Panchayat Officer, Krishna District, Machilipatnam. 2 The Asst Director, Mines & Geology, Vijayawada. 3 The Executive Engineer, Krishna Canal Division, Vijayawada. 4 The Executive Officer, Gram Panchayat, Enamalakuduru, Penamaluru Mandal, Krishna District. 5 Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj & Rural Development, High Court Buildiongs, Hyderabad (O.U.T) 6 2CD copies