IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO:17608 of 2000 Between: Maddi Appa Rao, S/o.Appanna, R/o.Maddivanipalam Village, Peda Gantyada Mandal, Islampet Post, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Mandal Parishad Development Officer, Mandal Parishad, Pendurthi, Visakhapatnam District. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam. 3 The District Collector, Visakhapatnam. 4 The Commissioner of Panchayat Raj, Hyderabad. 5 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 6 The State Election Commission, Rep. by its Secretary, 3rd Floor, Budha Bhavan, M.G.Road, Secunderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.KESAVA RAO Counsel for the Respondents:AGP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in reserving the oﬃce of Sarpanch, Kaditilanaidupalem Gram Panchayat, Pedagantyada Mandal, Visakhapatnam District for Backward Caste (Women) instead of Open Category candidate, as illegal and arbitrary. A perusal of the proceeding sheet shows that no interim order has been granted. At the hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that in view of holding of elections, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition as infructuous, WPMP.No.22370 of 2000 ﬁled by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 7th NOVEMBER, 2008. kvni