IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 18261 of 2007 Between: Steel City Shipping Services (P) Limited, a Company incorporated under Indian Companies Act, 1956, having its Registered office at 26-3-4, Municipal Stadium Road, Visakhapatnam - 530001 and rep. by its Director Sri Shaik Jawahar Lal S/o. Late Shaik Mohammad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, Visakhapatnam, rep. by its Commissioner. 2 EE-III (Executive Engineer, Zone-III) Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, Visakhapatnam. 3 Sri.M.Satyanarayana Reddy doing business in the name and style of "Reddy Contractors" having its office at Flat No.204, Ratna Priya Enclave-II, Prasnathi Nagar, Peda Waltair, Visakhapatnam. .....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, more particularly, one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus or any other writ declaring the action of the 1st respondent corporation in rejecting the tenders dated 4th August, 2007 submitted by the petitioner for the work of Supply of Big Tipers on hire basis to Zone-II to VI of P.H. Section for transport of the garbage from local transfer station to Kapuluppada dumping yard vide tender Notice No.12/2007-08/SE(W)E.E.-(Mech)/DB dated 13.7.2007 is illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents to consider the tenders of the petitioner while finalizing the contract(s) under the Tender Notice dated 13.7.2007 referred to supra. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.S.RAJAN Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.N.RANGA REDDY (SC FOR MPL. CORP. VSP) The Court made the following : ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the cause in this writ petition does not survive for adjudication and it has become infructuous. Recording the aforesaid submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. __________ 10-07-2008 rkk