THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 5609 OF 2006 Dated 15th June, 2010 Between: M/s Sri Sai Luminaries and another …Petitioners And The Government of Andhra Pradesh and another …Respondents Counsel for the petitioners : Sri U.Ramanjaneyulu Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Industries and Commerce The Court made the following ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to set aside letter dated 20.01.2006 issued by respondent No.2. Through the said letter, respondent No.2 requested all the Indenting Departments to procure the electrical items from SSI Units having Chief Electrical Inspector’s Certificate or Bureau of Indian Standards or Director General of Supplies & Deposits certificates, as per the tender procedure, up to 31.03.2006 only. The main premise on which the writ petition is filed is while respondent No.1, vide its memo dated 30.10.2005, permitted the SSI Units a transition period of nine months for obtaining quality certificates from the Director General of Supplies & Deposits or Bureau of Indian Standards, limiting the benefit conferred on SSI Units up to 31.03.2006 by respondent No.2 is illegal. A perusal of the proceeding sheet shows that no interim order has been granted by this Court. Therefore, presumably the impugned order issued by respondent No.2 would have come into force unless time was extended by any of the respondents. At any rate, by efflux of time the impugned order ceases to have its efficacy and it is not necessary for this Court to adjudicate on the legality or otherwise of the impugned order at this length of time. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed as infructuous, however with liberty to the petitioners to avail appropriate remedy if cause of action in this regard arises in future. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition as infructuous, WPMP No.7138 of 2006 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 15th June, 2010 vrn