THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH W.P.No.15768 of 1998 ORDER: (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice V. Eswaraiah) The petitioner is the owner of Mini Goods Van bearing No.KA 02/B 5999. The application filed by the petitioner before the Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Kakinada, for interim custody of the said vehicle was rejected vide order, dated 03-04-1998 in Rc.No.B1-615/97. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner filed an appeal before the Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, A.P., Hyderabad, and the Commissioner by order, dated 23-05-1998, dismissed the appeal upholding the order passed by the Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Kakinada. Aggrieved by the said order, the present writ petition is filed. On 12-06-1998, this court while admitting the writ petition, granted interim direction to the respondents to release the said vehicle subject to the condition of the petitioner giving bank guarantee of Rs.8,00,000/- within 15 days in favour of the Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Kakinada. Aggrieved by the said order, the petitioner filed W.A.No.1041 of 1998 before this court and this Court disposed of the said Writ Appeal by order, dated 08-07-1999, directing the respondents to release the said vehicle on furnishing bank guarantee to the value of the vehicle as assessed by the Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, A.P., Hyderabad, or some other officer as may be nominated by him and such bank guarantee be validated till disposal of the matter by the appropriate authority. In view of disposal of the Writ Appeal, I am of the opinion that nothing survives in the writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. __________ 30-07-2010 Prv