THE HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.19571 of 1997 Dated: October 3, 2005 Between: Sree Sreenivasa Waddera Labout Contract Co-operative Society Ltd., Rettapally, Chillakur Mandal, Nellore District, rep. by its President Malli Ramanaiah. … Petitioner And Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Nellore, and eleven others. … Respondents Order: This writ petition is filed seeking Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in insisting the petitioner society for payment of Earnest Money Deposit, Commercial Tax Clearance Certificate or imposing any condition or experience in connection with all tender notices issued on or after 20-07-1997 as arbitrary and illegal and for a consequential direction to the respondents not to insist payment of Earnest Money Deposit, Commercial Tax Clearance Certificate from the petitioners at the time of allotment of works. 2. When the writ petition has been taken up for hearing, none appears for the petitioner as well as the respondents, nor there is any representation. 3. The subject matter of the writ petition relates to the tender notices of the year 1997 and due to lapse of time, the prayer in the writ petition has become infructuous and the writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. October 3, 2005 MRR