IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.14001 of 2006 Between: Pusam Satyavathi … Petitioner AND Station house Officer, Devipatnam Police Station, East Godavari District & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : None Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Home This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.14001 of 2006 ORDER:- At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition itself is taken up for hearing and disposal. This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.1 in not registering a case under Indian Penal Code, 1860 and the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short, ‘the Act’) on the complaint submitted by the petitioner on 10.05.2006, as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, there is no representation for the petitioner. However, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, submitted that after filing of the writ petition, the petitioner’s complaint was registered as Crime No.34 of 2006 by respondent No.1 on 27.07.2006 under Sections 447 and 379 read with Section 34 IPC and Section 3(4) of the Act. In view of this subsequent event, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration and the writ petition is disposed of as infructuous. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition as infructuous, WPMP.No.17448 of 2006 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is also disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 22.04.2008 ES