IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 10667 of 2001 Between: Khazi Mohammad Ghouse, S/o. Late Rafiuddin, R/o. Nandyal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep., by its Secretary, Minorities Welfare (Wakf-I) Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Kurnool. 3 Syed Jaffar Basha Quadri, S/o. Late Syed Hussain Basha Quadri, Govt.Kazi, R/o. Panyam Village and Mandal, Kurnool District. ..RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR. SYED SHAREEF AHMED Counsel for Respondent No.1: MR.S.M.SUBHANI (SC FOR AP WAKF BOARD) The Court made the following : O R D E R : This writ petition is ﬁled for a writ of Mandamus to declare G.O.Ms.No.15, dated 11-04-2001 issued by respondent No.1, whereby respondent No.3 has been appointed as Kazi of Panyam Mandal, Kurnool District, as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the sole petitioner died and that his son is appointed as Kazi in his place. With the death of the petitioner, the cause, which was personal to him in the writ petition, ceased to exist. If the petitioner’s son is aggrieved by the said G.O. that will give rise to a separate cause of action for him to question the same. Subject to the above observations, the writ petition is dismissed as abated. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 8th September, 2008 vrn