IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 9539 of 1999 Between: 1. K.Muthyalu S/o.Jangaiah O/o.Executive Engineer A.P., Mahaboobnagar 2. C.Krishnaiah S/o.Ellaiah O/o.Executive Engineer A.P., Mahaboobnagar ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Government of A.P., Rep.by its Principal Secretary Housing Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 A.P.Housing Board Rep.by its Vice Chairman and Housing Commissioner Gruhakalpa, Mozamjahi Market Hyderabad 3 Habib -Ur-Rahman O/o.Executive Engineer A.P.H.B. Mahaboobnagar 4 S.Anantha Rao M.A.,O/o.Executive Engineer A.P.H.B. Mahaboobnagar .....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 order or orders or directions particularly in the nature of writ of mandamus directing the respondents to adhere and promote the petitioners as senior assistants whose names are included in the panel 1997-98 for the existing vacancies and declare the action of the 2nd respondent deleting the names of the petitioners by including the names of the unofficial Respondents 3 and 4 whose names are not included in the panel on political pressure as illegal, contrary to law and also malafide and violative of Art.14, 16, 21 and 309 of Constitution of India besides violative of principles of natural justice and further declare that the persons who passed the departmental test subsequently after preparing the panel cannot be reviewed without notice and opportunity and contrary to law and rules and violative of principles of natural justice and pass such other order or orders as the Hon'ble Court may deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.M.V.RAJA RAM Counsel for the Respondents.: MR.A.K.JAYAPRAKASH, (SC FOR A.P.HOUSING BOARD). The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.9539 of 1999 ORDER: Sri A.K.Jayaprakash Rao, learned Standing Counsel for A.P.Housing Board, would submit that subsequent to filing of the writ petition, the petitioner has been promoted to the post of Senior Assistant. Both Sri M.V.Rajaram, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Sri A.K.Jayaprakash, learned Standing Counsel for A.P.Housing Board, would agree that in view of the subsequent order promoting the petitioner as Senior Assistant, the cause in the writ petition does not necessitate adjudication and the writ petition is liable to be dismissed as infructuous. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ______________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J 28th February, 2008 v v To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies