IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.2640 of 1999 Between: S. Doraswamy Naidu, W/o Dharmaiah Naidu, R/o Kottala Village and Post, Chandragiri Mandal, Chittoor District. ..... PETITIONER AND Tirumala Tirupathi Devastanams, rep. by its Executive Officer, Tirupathi, Chittoor 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 a Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent to call the petitioner for Written Test and Interview for the post of Driver in T.T.D., Transport Department of respondent and consider the case of the petitioner for appointment in the interview to be held on 15- 2-1999 or any other subsequent date. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.A.BHASKARA CHARY Counsel for the Respondent: MR S. VENKATESWARA RAO, SC FOR TTD The Court made the following: ORDER: The present writ petition is filed seeking to direct the respondent to consider the application of the petitioner for the post of Driver in Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam’s Transport Department, Tirupathi, and call for the petitioner for written test and interview to be held on 15.02.1999. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, none appears for the petitioners. Learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent-Devasthanam 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: 08.07.2005 DA To 1 The Executive Officer, Tirumala Tirupathi Devastanams, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 2 2 CD copies