IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 25773 of 1997 Between: 1. Bapuji Waddera Labour Contract Co-op. Society Ltd., Rep.by its President G.V.Narayana. Devarakonda, Nalgonda Dist. 2. Tribal Labour Contract Coop. Society, Rep. by its President Ramjilal Chowhan. Lakshmi Devipally, Kothagudem Mandal, Khammam Dist. 3. Sree Rama Labour Contract Co-operative society, Rep.by its President V. Suresh. Kothagudem Mandal, Khammam Dist. 4. Krishna Labour Contract Co-operative Society, Rep.by its President Krishnarjun Rao. Chatha Konda, Kothagudem Mandal, Khammam Dist. 5. Sri Lakshmi Waddera Labour Contract Co-operative Society, Rep.by its President- Penchalaiah. Buchireddy palem Mandal, Nellore Dist. .... PETITIONERS AND 1. The Superintending Engineer, R & B Rural Circle, Balkampet, Hyderabad. 2. The Superintending Engineer, R & B Hanamkonda, Warangal. 3. The Superintending Engineer, Panchayatraj Circle, Khammam. 4. The Superintending Engineer, Public Health Cirlce, Warangal. 5. The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Cirlce, Hanamkonda, Warangal. 6. The Superintending Engineer, Marketing, BRK Rao Bhavan, Hyderabad. 7. The Executive Engineer, APSRTC., Hanumakonda, Warangal Region 8. The Superintending Engineer, Telugu Ganga Project Circle, Nellore. 9 The Superintending Engineer, Somaseela Project Circle, Nellore. 10 The Commissioner, Notified Area, Revenue Dept., Kothagudem. 11 The Commissioner, Municipalities, Panvancha, Kothagudem, Khammam. 12 The Chief Engineer, Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam, Thirupathi. 13 The Executive Engineer, (dismissed) Public Health, Kothagudem, Khammam. dismissed for default as per court order dt.23/8/2000 as against by R3 ....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 appropriate writ, order or direction particularly in the nature of Writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in insisting the petitioner societies for payment of Earnest Money Deposit, Commercial Tax Clearance Certificate or imposing any condition or experience in connection with all tender notices issued on or after 01/08/1997 arbitrary, illegal and unreasonable and consequently direct the respondents not to insist payment of Earnest Money Deposit, Commercial Tax Clearance Certificate from the petitioners at the time of allotment of works in tender notices issued on or after 01/08/1997, issue tender schedules to the petitioners in such all tender notices irrespective of conditions or experience, disregarding district in whichever they register and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.KOONA REDDY ANJI REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ROADS & BUILDINGS The Court made the following: ORDER: None appears for the petitioners. Learned Government Pleader submitted that the subject matter of this Writ Petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuousl. No costs. _____________ 24-03-2005 kvrm To 1. The Superintending Engineer, R & B Rural Circle, Balkampet, Hyderabad. 2. The Superintending Engineer, R & B Hanamkonda, Warangal. 3. The Superintending Engineer, Panchayatraj Circle, Khammam. 4. The Superintending Engineer, Public Health Cirlce, Warangal. 5. The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Cirlce, Hanamkonda, Warangal. 6. The Superintending Engineer, Marketing, BRK Rao Bhavan, Hyderabad. 7. The Executive Engineer, APSRTC., Hanumakonda, Warangal Region 8. The Superintending Engineer, Telugu Ganga Project Circle, Nellore. 9 The Superintending Engineer, Somaseela Project Circle, Nellore. 10 The Commissioner, Notified Area, Revenue Dept., Kothagudem. 11 The Commissioner, Municipalities, Panvancha, Kothagudem, Khammam. 12 The Chief Engineer, Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam, Thirupathi. 13 The Executive Engineer, (dismissed) Public Health, Kothagudem, Khammam. dismissed for default as per court order dt.23/8/2000 as against by R3 14. 2 CCs to G.P. for Roads and Buildings, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 15. 2 CD copies.