IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No: 10658 of 1999 BETWEEN: 1 Grampanchayat, Thokapalli Pedda Araveedu Mandal Prakasam District rep.by its Sarpanch, Mekala Harinarayana S/o.Chenchaiah, age 35 yrs, R/o.Thokapalli Village, 2 M.Bhaskar S/o.Chenchaiah, Thokapalli Village Pedda Araveedu Mandal, Prakasham District ... PETITIONERS AND 1 State of A.P., rep.by its Secretary to Government, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Department Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The District Collector Prakasham Disrict, Ongole 3 The Agrl. Market Committee Markapur, Prakasham District rep.by its Secretary. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, more in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the Agrl. Market Committee Markapur, Prakasham District in seeking to hold the Sheep and Goats Market within the jurisdiction of Thokapalli Grampanchayath, Pedda Araveedu Mandal, Prakasham District as being arbitrary, illegal, unconstitutional and contrary to the provisions of Panchayath Raj Act, 1964 and issue a consequential direcdtion directing the Agrl. Market Committee, Markapur not to hold Sheep & Goats Market within the jurisdiction of Thokapalli Grampanchayath without there being any notification under the A.P.(Agricultural Produce & Livestock) Market Act, 1966 and issue such other writ, order or direction as the Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.A.GIRIDHAR RAO Counsel for the Respondents: MR.VENKATESWARLU POSANI GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. MR. K. MADHAVA REDDY SC FOR AGRI. MARKET COMM. The Court made the following: ORDER: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice V. Eswaraiah) Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous and there survives no cause for adjudication. Recording the above submission, the writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J _____________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J February 4, 2009 DSK