IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.18337 of 2000 Between: 1 Gadamsetti satyam, S/o. Venkata Subhayya, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 2 Gadam Subbarao, S/o. Venkata Subba rao, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 3 Palukuri Veerraju, S/o. Ramann, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 4 Gadamsetti Venkata Ratna Kurmari, W/o. Narayana rao, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 5 Gorusu Lakshman Reddy, S/o. Gourusu Totabbai Reddy, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 6 Akey Ramakrishna Veni, W/o. Srinivasarao, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 7 Kuncham Sannayya, S/o. Venkateswara Rao., R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 8 Patnala Butchuiraju, S/o. Satyanarayana, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 9 Patnala Veera Venkata Satyanarayana, S/o. Rutchiraju, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 10 Chinta ramanamma, W/o. Chinta Ramu, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 11 Gudivada Muralikrishna, S/o. Seshaiah, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 12 Gundu Srinivasarao, S/o. Veerraju, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 13 Rikka Suryanaryana, S/o. Appala Swamy, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 14 Yampada Gurumurthy, S/o. Yampada padalu, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 15 Surisetti ganesh Kumar, S/o. Sivaiah, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 16 Shaik Ishaik, S/o. Ali, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 17 Gorusu Ramakrishna Reddy, S/o. Tamayya, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 18 Avula Udaya Bhanu, S/o. Munuswamy, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 19 Avula Munuswamy, S/o. Armurthy Vadayar, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 20 Shaik Jani, S/o. Shaik Bahdarvalli, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. 21 Yerra Pothuraju, S/o. Venkataraju, R/o. Kakinada, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONERS AND Kakinada Municipality Rep. by its Commissioner, Kakinada, East Godavari District. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue any appropriate writ, order or direction especially in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the Auction Notice R.C. No. 465/2000-A1, dated 15-9-2000, and published in the East Godavari Edition of Eenadu dated 18-9-2000 as illegal and void and directing the respondent to desist from acting thereon. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.VL.N.G.KMURTHY Counsel for the Respondent: MR.E.SAMBASIVA PRATAP The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking to declare the Auction Notice R.C.No.465/2000-A1, dated 15.09.2000 in respect of Kothapet Market Complex of Kakinada Municipality as arbitrary and illegal. When the matter is taken up today for hearing, none appears for the petitioners. Learned Standing Counsel for the respondent-Municipality submits that by lapse of time the prayer in the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 17.06.2005 Nsr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Commissioner, Kakinada Municipality, Kakinada, East Godavari District. 2 2 CD copies