IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 22337 of 2008 Between: 1 K.Babu Rao S/o Sri Mallesh The Elections of All India SC&ST Railway Employee Association Electrical Branch Dy CEE(WS) LGD SCR H.No.12-1-1119/35 India Nagar North Lalaguda Secunderabad 2 M.Srinivasulu S/o.Sri Jangaiah, The Elections of All India SC&ST Railway Employee Association Electrical Branch Dy CEE(WS) LGD SCR H.No.12-1-1119/35 India Nagar North Lalaguda Secunderabad 3 Mallesh S/o.Sri Pochaiah, The Elections of All India SC&ST Railway Employee Association Electrical Branch Dy CEE(WS) LGD SCR H.No.12-1-1119/35 India Nagar North Lalaguda Secunderabad 4 G.Narayana S/o. Sri Narsimha The Elections of All India SC&ST Railway Employee Association Electrical Branch Dy CEE(WS) LGD SCR H.No.12-1-1119/35 India Nagar North Lalaguda Secunderabad ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Election Officer All India SC/ST Railway Employees Association ECO Carriage Work Shop Lalaguda Secunderabad 2 Thulasi Naik President All India Railway Employees Association Electrical Branch,Lalaguda,Secunderabad 3 The Central Government of India All India Railway Employees Association 171/B/3 Rail Colony Basanth Road Road New Delhi-110 .....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 a writ or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus directing the respondent No.1 herein to postponed the election which are going on 4-10-2008 and conduct a fresh election with a rectiﬁed voters list and also direct him to follow the order dt 29-09-2008 which are received by the election officer from the Zonal Secretary and C.E.C Assistant General Secretary New Delhi and passed other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.VEERAMREDDIGARI PRABHAKAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.R.S.MURTHY (ADD.CGSC) The Court made the following : ORDER This writ petition has been ﬁled by K.Babu Rao and others seeking the following relief. “For the reasons stated in the accompanying aﬃdavit, the petitioner herein prays that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus directing the respondent No.1 herein to postpone the elections which are going on 4.10.2008 and conduct a fresh election with a rectiﬁed voter list and also direct him to follow the order dated 29.9.2008 which are received by the Election Oﬃcer from the Zonal Secretary and C.E.C. Assistant General Secretary, New Delhi and pass such other order or orders in the interest of justice.” As on this day, the elections have been held and therefore, the writ petition has become infructuous. With the above observation, the writ petition is dismissed reserving liberty to the petitioner to work out the remedies to set aside the elections which are stated to have been held on 4.10.2008. __________ 14-10-2008 rkk