THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.19228 of 2000 ORDER: By this writ petition, the petitioner questions the action of the 1st respondent- Director of Sugar and Cane Commissioner, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, in re-appointing the 3rd respondent herein, who has been retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation, as Administrative Officer and Chief Personnel Officer and also placing him in full additional charge of the post of Managing Director of the 2nd respondent factory herein namely Anakapalle Co-operative Sugars Limited, Thummapala, Visakhapatnam District, vide proceedings dated 31.07.2010, as illegal and arbitrary. The 1st respondent filed a detailed counter-affidavit stating that the petitioner applied for the subject post along with others, pursuant to the advertisement dated 30.11.1999 issued by the authorities for filling up 12 vacant posts of Administrative Officers and Chief Personnel Officers among other common cadre posts, but he was not selected by the Selection Committee in view of his performance in the interview. Thereafter, as the Government was already requested to fill-up the vacant posts of Managing Directors in the Co-operative Sugar Factories and the orders of the Government in that regard are awaited and in the meantime, crushing season was fast approaching, the 3rd respondent, who worked as Administrative Officer and Chief Personnel officer/Managing Director (FAC) of the West Godavari Cooperative Sugars Limited, Bhimadole, and retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation and whose performance was excellent, was re-appointed as the Administrative Officer and Chief Personnel Officer and also placed in full additional charge of the post of Managing Director of 2nd respondent factory, by the impugned proceedings dated 31.07.2000, on contract basis. It is stated that the re-appointment of the 3rd respondent to the subject post was only a stopgap arrangement. It is also further stated that pursuant to the impugned proceedings, the 3rd respondent has not joined duty and in the meantime, the impugned proceedings have been cancelled, vide proceedings dated 08.11.2010 of the 1st respondent. In view of the above averments in the counter-affidavit of respondent No.1, nothing survives for adjudication in the present writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. __________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 25th November, 2010 IBL