IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.21223 of 1998 Between: M. Diwakar Reddy, S/o. M.Venkataramana Reddy, R/o. 4-29 B.G.Krishna Nagar, Madanapalli, Chittoor District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 State Transport Appellate Tribunal, rep. by its Presiding Officer, Hyderabad. 2 The Regional Transport Authority, rep. by its Secretary, Chittoor. ....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the order of the Respondent No. 1 passed in Appeal No. 223/97 dated 28-4-1997 in so far as restricting the validity of the District Wide Contract Carriage permit for one year as illegal and contrary to law and consequently direct the Respondent No. 2 herein to grant the said permits on regular basis. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. SK. NAYEEMUDDIN (Not present) Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR TRANSPORT The Court made the following: ORDER: The petitioner filed the present writ petition seeking to declare the order of the Respondent No.1 passed in Appeal No.223 of 1997, dated 28.04.1997 in so far as restricting the validity of the District Wide Contract Carriage Permit for one year as illegal and contrary to law and consequently to direct the Respondent No.2 to grant the said permit on regular basis. When the matter is taken up today, none appears for the petitioner. Learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents submits that by lapse of time the prayer in the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. ________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 03.03.2005 Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Presiding Officer, State Transport Appellate Tribunal, Hyderabad. 2 The Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Chittoor. 3 Two CCs to GP for Transport, High Court of AP, Hyderabad (OUT) 4 Two CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{SUNITHA}