IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 8991 of 2007 Between: Jupiter Engineering Co., Rep. by its Marketing Manager, Sri Vinod Ghanathy, D.No. Vinod Ghanathay D.No. 1-3-183/39/4, II floor, Ramnivas Building, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, Teneti Bhavan, Asilmetta , Visakhapatnam, Rep,. by its Commissioner. 2 Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, TSR Complex, Dwaraka nagar, Visakhapatnam, Rep,. by its Su,perintending Engineer (WS & S) 3 The Enginer in Chief, Public Health "Kashana" A.C. Guards, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate writ order or direction particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus i) declaring the action of the respondents in seeking to procure the material of Ductile Iron D/F EKN Butterfly Valves of the Grade GGG 40 DIN 3202F4 as arbitrary, illegal, violative of Art. 14,19 of the Constitution of India; ii) direct the respondents to accept the tender of the petitioner for supply of Ductile Iron Vales of the standard SG 400/12 as per IS :1865-1974 pursuant to the Tender No. IFB No 05/2007- 08/SE (WS &S) /EE-I(WS-M)/DB(10) and consider the same along with other tenderers; and pass such other order or orders as the Hon'ble COurt may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.A.SUDERSHAN REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR MUNCIPAL ADMN. & URBAN DEV. The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition has been filed by Jupiter Engineering Company represented by its Marketing Manager, Vinod Ghanathay seeking a direction in the nature of writ of mandamus to direct the respondents to accept the tender for supply of Ductile Iron (D.I) Valves of the standard SG 400/12 as per IS:1865-1974 pursuant to the Tender No.IFB No.05/2007- 08/SE(WS&S)/EE-I(WS-M)/DB(10). Learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondent Nos.1 and 2 submits that in view of the interim direction granted by this court on 26.4.2007 the petitioner participated in the tender and consequently tender came to be settled in favour of third party and therefore nothing survives in this writ petition. Recording the above submission, this writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. 24-06-2008. (B.Seshasayana Reddy,J) tnb ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{RS} THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.8991 OF 2007 DATED: 24.6.2008