HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No. 10806 OF 2000 Thursday, the twenty Fifth Day of November, Two Thousand and Ten Between K.Khannaiah Petitioner AND The Commissioner for Panchayath Raj & Rural Development, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, and others Respondents ORAL ORDER: None appears for the petitioner. The petitioner questions the proceedings of the Commissioner, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development dated 11.5.2000 in allowing the appeal filed by the fourth respondent herein – Sarpanch, Rampuram Gram Panchayat filed against the orders of the District Panchayath Officer, Visakhapatnam, permitting the fourth respondent to obtain prior permission from the competent authority before incurring expenditure. In fact the writ petition was dismissed as against the contesting respondent No.4. However, the elected period of fourth respondent has also expired and subsequently elections were also held to the Gram Panchayat, Rampuram. As such, nothing survives in the writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed has infructuous. No order as to costs. ___________________ Justice V.Eswaraiah November 25, 2010 MAS