IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No: 3918 of 2005 BETWEEN: M/s. Sudalagunta Sugars Limited 209, T.P. Area, Tirupathi-517 501, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh rep by Chairman and Managing Director Mr. S. Jayaram Chowdhary. ... PETITIONER AND 1 Union of India rep by Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, (Dept. of Sugar & Edible Oils), Krishi Bhawan New Delhi-1. 2 Joint Secretary (Sugar) Government of India Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, (Department of Sugar & Edible Oils), Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-1. 3 The Chief Director (Sugar) Government of India Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, (Department of Sugar & Edible Oils), Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-1. ...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 a Writ in the Nature of a Writ of mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, direction order or orders declaring the action of the respondents in adopting regulated release mechanism and not permitting the sale of levy free sugar of the petitioner factory arbitrary, illegal, without jurisdiction and void and pass such other and further orders as this Hon'ble Court deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.M.P.CHANDRAMOULI Counsel for the Respondents: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following: ORDER: Mr. G. Sudheer, learned counsel, representing Mr. M. P. Chandramouli, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits 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 July 22, 2008 DSK