IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 26866 of 1999 Between: P.Prabhakar Rao S/o.Late Venkateshwar Rao V.A.O.Telkapally Village Mahabubnagar District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner of Land Revenue Govt. of A.P Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector Mahabubnagar Dist. 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer Nagarkurnool Mahabubnagar Dist 4 P.Panduranga Rao R/o.Telkapally Mahabubnagar Dist. 5 The Registrar A.P.Administrative Tribunal Purani Haveli Hyderabad. .....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 or Order or Direction more in the nature of Certiorari i)declare the order in O.A.No.5402/1994, dated 7-12-1999 as illegal, untenable, unjustificable and quash the same ii) declare the impugned orders of the 1st respondent dated 21-9-94 in setting aside the appointment of the petitioner as V.A.O of Telkapally, Mahabubnagar Dist under Rule 9(b) as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and set aside the same with all consequential benefits and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.B.RANGANADH RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR SERVICES II The Court made the following : ORDER:: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED & THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.26866 of 1999 ORDER: ( per Hon’ble Sri Justice C.V.Ramulu) This writ petition is filed against the order dated 7-12-1999 passed in OA No.5402 of 1994 by the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad. 2. The said OA was filed by the petitioner herein questioning the proceedings bearing No.A3/3572/93, dated 21-9-1994 passed by the 1st respondent- Commissioner of Land Revenue, AP Hyderabad, as being illegal and arbitrary and to set aside the same in so far it relates to setting aside of the appointment of the petitioner as Village Administrative Officer, Telkapally. The Tribunal, after detailed consideration of the matter held that the petitioner is not entitled. as he did not apply for the said post as required under Rule 9 (a) of AP Village Administrative Officers Service Rules. Aggrieved thereby, the present writ petition is filed. 3. There is no necessity to go into the details of the matter as it is submitted by learned Government Pleader for Service-II, appearing for the respondents, that the very posts of VAO have since been abolished. In this view of the matter nothing survives in this writ petition for adjudication and the writ petition is, therefore, closed. No order as to costs. ______________________ Ghulam Mohammed, J ______________________ C.V. Ramulu, J Dated: 24th July, 2008 Nrg. ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{CHP}