IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.Y.SOMAYAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 9348 of 2002 Between: T.Subba Rao S/o Ramulu R/o 7-4-168/2, Vidyanagar, Jagtiyal, Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Superintending Engineer/RWS, Panchayat Raj Department , Karimnagar 2 P.Jagadeeshwar Major, Karimnagar .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 a Writ Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of "Mandamus " declaring the action of the respondent herein not finalizing the tender in pursuance of the tender notification No.HD/7/2002 dt: 30.3.2002 and in seeking to invite fresh tenders vide tender notice No.HD/9/2002 dt: 8.5.2002 as being illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and consequently set aside the same the action of the respondent in issusing the tender notice dt: 8.5.2002 and and further direct the respondent to finalize the tenders in pursuances of the tender notification dt: 30.3.2002 and award adn contract in favour of the petitioner Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.S.NIRANJAN REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : WRIT PETITION NO.9348 OF 2002 O R D E R This petition is filed questioning the tender notification. Though an interim order was given earlier, subsequently the said interim order was vacated, and so, the tender was finalized. Since the matter relates to 2001 and since we are in 2008, no useful purpose would be served by hearing the matter on merits. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. ------------------------------------ JUSTICE C.Y.SOMAYAJULU 20TH FEBRUARY, 2008 PGS To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.Y.SOMAYAJULU W.P.NO.9348 OF 2002 20th FEBRUARY, 2008