IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No: 11119 of 2001 BETWEEN: Indian Association of Voluntary Social Organizations, Rep by its General Secretary Sri.D.R.Pandey, R/o. H2-160, Bengali Colony, Mahavir Enclave, Palam- Dabri Road, New Delhi, S/o. Late S.C.Pandey. ... PETITIONER AND 1 South Central Railway Rep by its General Manager, Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad. 2 Divisional Railway Manager, Commercial Branch, South Central Railway, II Floor, Sanchalan Bhavan, Secunderabad. 3 Union of India, Rep by its Secretary, Ministry of Railway, New Delhi. 4 M/s. Civic International Social Service Organization, A Regd. Society having Regd.Office at E-135, 1st Floor, 56th Avenue, Besant Nagar, Chennai, Having Branch Office at 505, Chenoy Trade Centre, 116, Parklane, S.D.Road, Secunderabad ...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 Writ, order or direction more in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus declaring the impugned letter bearing No.C/C/Misc/Pay & Use Toilet/2001, dt.2.5.2001 issued by the 2nd Respondent as unconstitutional and violative of Article 14 of the constitution of India being unreasonable, illegal, and arbitrary, and against the principles of natural justice and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.PRAVEEN VYAPARI Counsel for the Respondents 1 to 3: MR. B.H.R. CHOWDARY SC FOR RAILWAYS MR.D.VATHSALENDRA – R4 The Court made the following: ORDER: Petitioner questions the impugned letter dated 02.05.2001 issued by the second respondent in permitting the fourth respondent to run the pay and use toilet contract for a period of three months alone. 2. As the three months period is already over and long lapsed, I am of the opinion that nothing survives in the writ petition. In the counter also it is stated that as an experiment basis the pay and use toilets were entrusted temporarily on contract basis for the period of three months only i.e. from 01.06.2001 and as the three months period is already over, the writ petition has become infructuous. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J August 27, 2008 DSK