HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 22839 of 2003 Dated 25.07.2007 Between: G.S.Shankararao. …Petitioner and The A.P.S.R.T.C. and another. …Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22839 of 2003 O R D E R: This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondents in forfeiting the Earnest Money Deposit of Rs.50,000/- paid in respect of item No.34 in the tender notification, dated 15.01.2002 is illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional. While admitting the writ petition on 30.10.2003, this Court passed an interim order in W.P.M.P.No.28636 of 2003, directing the respondents to re-consider the entire matter and pass appropriate orders, in view of the law laid down by the Supreme Court in its decision reported in 2000(4) SCC 342. The learned Standing Counsel for the respondents submits that in pursuance of the interim directions issued by this Court, the matter was re- considered and the amount of Rs.50,000/- was returned to the petitioner on 23.12.2003. With this, the grievance of the petitioner stands redressed. The writ petition is, accordingly, closed. There shall be no order as to costs. _________ 25.07.2007 JSU