IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 13377 of 2001 Between: Orrisa Eastern Light Soils Flue Cured Virginia Tobacco Farmers Association, Rep By its President Mr.Koya Kasi Viswara Rao S/o Venkata Raju R/o Jagadalpur Village, Muniguda Block, Raigada Dist, Orissa State. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Union of India, Rep By its Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi. 2 The Tobacco Board, Rep By its Chairman, G.T. Road, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. .....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 order more especially one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the production policy of Respondent-2 herein for growing Flue Cured Virginia Tobacco (FCV) in Orissa for the year 2000-01 season as illegal, arbitrary, capricious and violative of principles of natural justice and violative of Art.14, 19, 20 & 21 of Constitution of India and consequently declare the action of the respondents in discriminating between the farmers of Karnataka and Raigada of Orissa State in collecting 5% service charge and Rs.2/- per kg towards penalty as illegal and consequently direct the respondents to procure the tobacco grown by the petitioners’ association members in excess for the year 2000-01 in the auction platform without insisting upon Minimum Selling Price (MS) on or before 7.7.2001 and pass such other necessary orders. Counsel for the Petitioner :MR.RAVI SHANKAR JANDHYALA Counsel for the Respondents: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GENERAL) The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.13377 of 2001 ORDER: Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the said statement, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. However, the interim order granted by this Court on 04-07-2001 is hereby vacated. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________ 13-08-2008 Prv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies