IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.17941 of 2000 Between: Chittala Ramajogeswara Rao, S/o Vishnu Murthy, L.Gannavaram Village, P.Gannavaram Mandal, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, (Panchayat Raj) Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector (Panchayats), Kakinada, East Godavari District. 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Amalapuram, East Godavari District. ....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 any order or direction or a Writ more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents herein to reserve the post of Sarpanch of L. Gannavaram Gram Panchayat of P. Gannavaram Mandal, East Godavari District for O.C. Candidates, but not to Backward Class Candidates as per the decision of the respondents reserving the post of Sarpanch for B.C. Candidates same as illegal, void and without jurisdiction. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.CH.DHANAMJAYA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking to direct the respondents to reserve the post of Sarpanch of L. Gannavaram Gram Panchayat of P. Gannavaram Mandal, East Godavari District, to O.C. Candidate for the ensuing Gram Panchayat elections. When the matter is taken up today for hearing, none appears for the petitioner. Learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development submits that by lapse of time the prayer in the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 16.06.2005 Nsr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Principal Secretary, (Panchayat Raj) Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector (Panchayats), Kakinada, East Godavari District. 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Amalapuram, East Godavari District. 4 Two CCs to GP for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 5 2 CD copies