IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.3751 of 1998 Between: Podagatlapalli Fishermen Co-op. Society rep by its President Sri Karri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana ..... PETITIONER AND 1 State of A.P rep by Director of Fisheries Tankbund Road , Hyderabad 2 The Director of Fisheries Tankbund Road , Hyderabad 3 The Divisional Panchayat Raj Officer Amalapuram E.G District. 4 The Gram Panchayat, Podagatlapalli, rep by its Sarpanch Sri K.V.K Somayaji, Podagatlapalli , E.G 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 may be pleased to issue a writ or order one in the nature of writ of Mandamus , directing the respondents to allow the petitioner society to conduct fishing in the tank situated in S.No. 57 of Podagtlapalli Village, Ravulapalem Mandal, E.G District, which its members have reared. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.SRINIVAS MANTHA (Not present) Counsel for the Respondent No.1 and 2: GP for Animal Husbandry and Fisheries. Counsel for the Respondent No.3: MR.M.SIVANANDA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.4: Mr. M.S.R. Subrahmanyam The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking to direct the respondents to allow the petitioner- Society to conduct fishing in the tank situated in Survey No.57 of Podagatlapalli village, Ravulapalem Mandal, East Godavari District for a period of three years from 01.07.1997. When the matter is taken up today, none appears for the petitioner. Learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents submits that the relief sought by the petitioner-Society in this writ petition is for grant of leasehold rights to rear and catch fish in the tank in question for a period of three years i.e., from 01.07.1997 to 30.06.2000 only, and 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: 22.02.2005 Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Director of Fisheries, State of A.P Tankbund Road , Hyderabad 2 The Director of Fisheries Tankbund Road , Hyderabad 3 The Divisional Panchayat Raj Officer Amalapuram E.G District. 4 The Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat Podagatlapalli , E.G District. 5 Two CCs to GP for Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 6 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{SJ}