IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 18617 of 2003 Between: Sri Sai Gas Agency, Rep by Proprietor, Chinta Chandran, S/o Narayana, R/o Gudur, Nellore District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Union of India, Rep by its Secretary to Government Department of Petroleum, and Natural Gas, Central Secretariat, New Delhi 2 M/s. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Rep by the Director (Marketing), No. 8, Shoorji Vallabh Marg, Mumbai-400 038 3 Sri Sai Krishna Indane Gas Agency, Vakadu, Nellore District ....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 or direction particularly in the nature of Writ of mandamus directing the respondents No. 1 and 2 not to de-link or attach any of the existing refill connections from the petitioner to allot them to the 3rd respondent herein by declaring that the said action of the respondent No.1 and 2 as arbitrary, unreasonable and violative of Article 14 and 19 (1) (g) of the constitution of India and pass. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.V.SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.V.SUDHAKAR REDDY The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the cause in the writ petition does not survive and thereby, the writ petition has become infructuous. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. _______________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J 6th July, 2009 bud