IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No. 4230 of 2008 Between: Veduru Paka Venkata Satya Varaha Murthy, S/o.Chinna Rao, R/o.D.No.2-129, Ravisetti Paka, Annavaram, E.G.District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Vari Devasthanam, rep by its Executive Officer, Annavaram, East Godavari District. 2 The Commissioner, Endowments Department, Opp: Saraswatha Auditorium, Boggulakunta, Hyderabad. 3 Peketi Satayanarayana, S/o.Appala Swamy, Behind Ice.Factory, Annavaram, East Godavari District. 4 Siripurapu Madana Moham Reddy, S/o.Narasimha Reddy, Tallapudi, Tallapudi(M), West 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 a writ, order or orders or direction more particularly in the nature of a writ of mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not considering the representation of the petitioner dated 18-2-2008 for recognizing him as the highest bidder of the Tender- cum-Open auction for the years 2008-09 , for running of main canteen situated on hill of Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Vari Devasthanam, Annavaram, as illegal, arbitrary and against to the principles of natural justice and contrary to the terms and conditions of the Public Auction-cum-Tender dt 4-1-2008 and consequentially direct the 1st respondent to declare the petitioner as the highest bidder in the auction held on 04-01-2008 for grant of license for running of main canteen situated on hill of Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Vari Devasthanam, Annavaram, for the year 2008-2009 in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner:SRI KAMBHAMPATI RAMESH BABU Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS SRI V.T.M. PRASAD SRI B.P.RAJU The Court made the following : THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.4230 of 2008 ORDER: Sri K.Ramesh Babu, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication. Recording his submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. ____________ C.V. RAMULU,J 16.02.2009 v v