IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.2792 of 2008 Between: Chigurupati Sadasiva Rao, S/o. Late Maddiralu, R/o. Bradrachalam, Khammam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Settlement Officer & Sub Collector, Bhadrachalam, Khammam District. 2 The Tahsildar, Bhadrachalam, Khammam 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 will be pleased to issue writ or direction preferably writ of mandamus, declaring the action of the 1st respondent in reserving Settlement Case No. 11245/1987 for orders even before taking up any enquiry, hearing of the Interlocutory Application dated 02-2-2008 filed under order XIV Rule 2(2) of the C.P.C., as illegal arbitrary, and violative of principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondent No. 1 to dispose of the interlocutory application filed on 2-2-2008 and take up further enquiry as per law and dispose of the settlement case and proper in the circumstances of the case and in the interest of justice Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.KOWTURU VINAYA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE The Court made the following : ORDER: The learned counsel for the petitioner states that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication and the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the aforesaid submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ C.V.RAMULU, J Date: 19.01.2009 va