IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 10177 of 2001 Between: 1 Kodanti Sreenivasa Rao S/o. Mallikarjuna Rao R/o. Vuyyur, Krishna District. 2 Angadala Siva Prasada Rao S/o. Pitchaiah R/o. Vuyyur, Krishna District. 3 Konduru Chandrasekhar Rao S/o. Anjaiah R/o. Vuyyur, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Level Committee, Rep. by its Chairperson, District Collector, Krishna District. 2 The District Panchayat Officer, Machilipatnam, Krishna 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 will be pleased to issue an order or writ one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents is holding auctions or Receiving the bids for grant temporary permits for quarrying sand in Vallurupalem reach Thotavallur Mandal and Yenamalakuduru reach of Penamalur Mandal Krishna District in terms of Rules 9L of A.P.M.M.C. Rules 1966 and granting any permits on application as arbitrary, illegal, unjust and contrary to Rules and Consequently direct the respondents to hold auctions or receive bids as per Rule 9L of A.P.M.M.C. Rules, 1966 and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: SMT.N.SHOBA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: M s . Sreechandra, Advocate, representing Mrs. N.Shobha, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the matter has become infructuous. Recording the same, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar October 22, 2008 MAS