IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO:17452 of 2000 Between: Geetla Shankar Reddy S/o.Narsimha Reddy R/o.Goliwada Village Ramagundam Mandal Karimnagar Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Govt.of A.P Rep.by its Secretary Panchayat Raj Dept Secretariat Hyderabad. 2 Dist Collector (Panchayat wing) Karimnagar. 3 Revenue divisional Officer Peddapalli Karimnagar Dist. 4 Mandal Revenue Officer Ramagundam Karimnagar Dist. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.I.AGA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled for a writ of mandamus to declare notiﬁcation, dated 09.09.2000 issued by respondent No.3 whereby 13 Gram Panchayats in Ramagundam Mandal, Peddapalli Division, Karimnagar District, were reserved to the persons belonging to Backward Caste, as illegal and arbitrary. A perusal of the proceeding sheet shows that the impugned notification has not been stayed. At the hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that in view of holding of elections, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition as infructuous, WPMP.No.22182 of 2000 ﬁled by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 7th NOVEMBER, 2008. kvni