IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 2643 of 1998 Between: 1 D. Gurava Reddy S/o Bapi Reddy R/o 3rd Lane, Ramnagar, Guntur, Guntur Dist. 2 R. Krishnaiah S/o Rosaiah R/o Kurchedu, Prakasam Dist. 3 M. Venugopala Raju S/o Alluthuriraju R/o Guntur 4 A. Veera Chandra Rao S/o Chalapathi Rao R/o Gaddalagunta, Ongole, Prakasam Dist. 5 J. Panguluru Harijana Labour Contract Co-op. Society Ltd. rep. by President J. Panguluru (Vge & Mandal) Prakasam Dist. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Superintending Engineer Panchayatraj Circle, Guntur 2 The Executive Engineer (dismissed) Panchayat Raj (R.W.S.) Guntur (W.P. as against R.2 was dismissed for default as per Court Order dated 04.09.2001) ....RESPONDENTS 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 Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent insisting for deposit of EMD in the shape of National Saving Certificates or Postal Term Deposit Certificate and also insisting for production of Financial Turnover Certificate or experience certificate or physical Experience certificate and not insist Income Tax Clearance certificate and Commercial Tax Clearance Certificate under APGST to the concerned Executive Engineer in issuing the Tender Notice No.5/HD/Spl.RRM/Ongole dt: 8-1-1998 and Notice No.5/97-98 (NABARD) as illegal, arbitrary and violation of Art.14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India and pass Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.K.VENKATESWARLU (NOT PRESENT) Counsel for the Respondent No.1: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : ORDER: The present writ petition is filed questioning the action of the respondents in insisting for deposit of EMD in the shape of National Saving Certificates or Postal Term Deposit Certificates and for production of Financial Turnover certificate or experience certificate etc. This Court while admitting the writ petition by order dated 3-2-1998 granted interim direction in WPMP No. 3083 of 1998. None appeared for petitioner. Learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj, submitted that the cause in the writ petition does not survive and it has become infructuous. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. _____________ N.V.RAMANA,J 20-4-2005 TVK ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Superintending Engineer Panchayatraj Circle, Guntur 2 The Executive Engineer Panchayat Raj (R.W.S.) Guntur 3).. 2 CCs to Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj, High Court of A.P. Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 4) 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TML}