IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 4268 of 1998 Between: Sri Bheemeswara Swamy Mahasivarathri Utsava Committee, Rep. President- S.V.Rama Reddy, Gollalamamidada Sivaru, Pedapudi Mandal, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari District. 2 The Circle Inspector of Police, Anaparthi, East Godavari District. 3 The Station House Officer, Pedapudi Police Station, East Godavari 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 a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ declaring that the Electronic Vedior and Skill games are not the games of chance and do not require licence under any Act as they are only skill games and consequently direct the Respondents including their subordinates not to interfere with the playing of Electronic Vedior and skill games and India Dance at the Mahasivarathri festival of Sri Bheemeswara Swamy varu of Gollalamamidada Sivaru Village Pedapudi Mandal, East Godavari on Mahasivarathri day every year. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.N.SIVA REDDY Counsel for Respondents : G.P. FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no cause survives in this writ petition and it has become infructuous. Recording the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. _____________ N.V.RAMANA, J Date: 1.4.2005 DA/SVV To 1 The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari District. 2 The Circle Inspector of Police, Anaparthi, East Godavari District. 3 The Station House Officer, Pedapudi Police Station, East Godavari District. 4 Two CCs to the G.P. for Home, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 5 Two CD copies.