IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 4578 of 2006 Between : The Cloth Merchants Association, 196, Vastralatha, Vijayawada, repby General Secretary, Majety Gandhi ..... PETITIONER AND The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation,rep by Commissioner,Vijayawada, Krishna District .....RESPONDENT 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 Writ or direction particularly in the nature of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, declaring the action of the respondent in enhancing the rent vide proceedings in Rc. Ac-1-/A4- 1945/93, dated 23-12-2005, as illegal, void and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondent to collect the rent at the existing rate as on September, 2005 for the period 2005 to 2008 and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.V.R.AVULA Counsel for the Respondent : SMT.G.JHANSI The Court made the following : ORDER : Mr.K.Srinivas Reddy, learned counsel, representing Sri V.R.Avula, advocate on record for the petitioner, that the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the same, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 23rd April 2009 ajr