HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI G.S. SINGHVI AND HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI Writ Petition No. 6071 of 1998 Between: L.B. Prasada Rao … Petitioner And Government of India, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi & others … Respondents :: O R D E R :: Counsel for the petitioner : Shri Venkata Rao October 22, 2007 Per G.S. Singhvi, CJ In this petition, the petitioner has prayed for striking down Section 31 of the Recovery of Debts due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 and also for quashing the transfer of O.S.No. 17 of 1988 from the Court of II Additional Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad to Debts Recovery Tribunal, Bangalore Bench. Learned counsel for the petitioner says that the writ petition has become infructuous and the same may be disposed of as such. Ordered accordingly. While disposing of the writ petition in the manner indicated above, we may mention that the constitutional validity of the 1993 Act has been upheld by the Supreme Court in Union of India v. Delhi High Court Bar Association[1]. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition as infructuous, W.P.M.P.No.7391 of 1998 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is also disposed of as infructuous. G.S. SINGHVI, CJ G. ROHINI, J October 22, 2007 ksld [1] (2002) 4 SCC 275