IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.20838 of 2001 Between: 1 Mohammed Moinuddin S/o. Mohd. Jamaluddin H.No. 22-5-117/6 Suraj Market Gulzar House Hyderabad - 1 2 Ghulam Dastagir Khan S/o. Omar Daraz Khan H.No. 22-5-123 & 124 Gulzar House Hyderabad - 1 3 T.Pramod Kumar S/o.Vasudev Rao M/s T.N.Pandarinath & Bros at 5-8-221, Rampratap Bhavan Dharmashala, Nampally Station Road Hyderabad 4 N.Lakshminarayana S/o. Veeraiah Raj Dresses at Mulgi.No. 5-8-220 Nampally Station Road Hyderabad 5 T.Mahadev S/o. T.Pandarinath M/s T.N.Pandarinath & Bros at 5-8-222 Nampally Station Road Hyderabad ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh rep.by Secretary General Admn. Department Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad 2 Mahavir Prasad S/o. Suraj Prasad H.No.21-7-110 Mamajamela Pathak Hyderabad 3 Ramesh Prasad S/o. late Ganesh Prasad H.No.21-7-110 Mamajamela Pathak Hyderabad 4 Om Prakash S/o. late Ganesh Prasad H.No.21-7-110 Mamajamela Pathak Hyderabad 5 Satish Kumar S/o. late Ganesh Prasad H.No.21-7-110 Mamajamela Pathak Hyderabad 6 Mahender Kumar S/o. late Jagadish Prasad H.No.21-7-110 Mamajamela Pathak Hyderabad 7 Pavan Kumar S/o. late Jagadish Prasad H.No.21-7-110 Mamajamela Pathak Hyderabad 8 Rampratap Bhavan Dharmashala Trust a Trust registered under Indian Trusts Act having its office at H.No.5-8-223, Nampally Station Road, rep.by its Principal Trustee Sri Ram Nivas Parri, S/o.late Kanhaiyalal Pitti age 69, R/o.Plot-19, Rd.No.2, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 a writ order or direction more in the nature of writ of mandamus direction to the 1st respondent to frame rules under Sec.30 of the A.P.Buildings (Lease, Rent & Eviction ) Control Act 1960 fixing proper guidelines for the determination of the fair rent by the rent control tribunals while exercising jurisdiction under Sec.4(1) of the said Act and also to call for the records of GO.Ms.No.636 of 1983 (GAD) (Accom) Dt.29/12/1983 and stike down the same as violative of the rights of the petitioners under Art.14 of the Constitution of India. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.T.LAKSHMI NARAYANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.M.V.S.SURESH KUMAR The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.20838 of 2001 COMMON ORDER: (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice V. Eswaraiah) Learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel for the respondents submit that after filing of the writ petition, certain amendments have been made to the A.P.Buildings (Lease, Rent and Eviction) Control Act, 1960. It is stated that in view of the same, the cause of action does not survive for adjudication in this writ petition. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ V.ESWARAIAH, J __________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J Date : 08-04-2009 Prv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1) 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TPK}