IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 1224 of 2007 Between: M/s. Ex. Servicemen Re-Settlement Co-operative Society Limited, A Society Registered under the Provisions of the AP Co-operativej Societies Act, Bearing Reg.No. D-2062 at D.No. 44- 15-11, Auto Centre, By-pass Road, Rajahmundry, E.G. District, Rep by its President, D. Venkata Rao, S/o.Lavaiah, aged above 52 years, R/o. Rajahmundry ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, Rep by its Chairman & Managing Director, Jeevan Bharati Tower II, 124, Indira Chowk, New Delhi. 2 Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, Rep by its Deputy General Manager, (Materials Management) Rajahmundry 3 Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, Rep by its Asst. Manager, Rajahmundry. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.BABJI FOR MR. K.VENKATESH The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “It is therefore prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, declaring the action of the respondents in not opening the price bid of the petitioner in respect of tender notification No.RA/MM/SS/SEC/SC-23/06-07/K16TCO6006 dt. 5.10.2006 calling for tenders to supply security services to the respondent corporation on the ground that a criminal case is under trial against the President of the petitioner society in his individual capacity, as beign illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to forthwith open the price bid of the petitioner society along with other tenderers and evaluate the same in respect of the said notification.” Sri M.Babji, learned counsel representing Sri K.Venkatesh, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the cause in the writ petition has become infructuous. In view of the statement of the learned counsel, the writ petition is disposed of as infructuous. As a sequel to disposal of main petition as infructuous, WPMP.Nos.1556 and 1557 of 2007 filed by the petitioner for interim relief are also disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 10th APRIL, 2008 kvni