IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY FRIDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JUNE, TWO THOUSAND TEN WRIT PETITION No.4344 OF 2007 Between: Pilla Sudhakar. … Petitioner And Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited, reptd., by its Chairman and Managing Director, Corporate Office, Visakhapatnam and others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: None Counsel for the respondents: Sri O.Manohar Reddy. This Court made the following: ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in seeking to force the petitioner to engage Shift Operators of the choice of the respondents in 33/11 KV Electrical Sub- Stations, in respect of which the petitioner is the maintenance Contractor, as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, Sri O.Manohar Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for the respondents, submitted that the duration of the contracts in question has already expired; and that, therefore, the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive for consideration. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. ------------------------------------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:18-6-2010 MNR