IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA,THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 6697 of 2000 Between: M.V.Satyanarayana S/o Venkata Narasimhaya Flat.No.3 Plot no.8 Rukminidevi colony, No.225/A West Marredpally, Secunderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. Secretary of Finance (Union of India) Ministry of Finance New Delhi. .....RESPONDENT 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 notices , call for the relevant records and quash the orders of the Finance Minister in which instructed the Income tax authorities to withdraw the demand notices or any notices issued under the Income Tax Act,1961 to the companies trading in India ,having dummy offices in Mauritius and to direct the Income tax Authorities to issue notices and proceed according to law to assess the capital gains tax and other income tax payable by the said companies , by issuing a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ or order or direction. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.MINNIKANTI LAXMIPRASAD Counsel for the Respondent: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (SC FOR CG) The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (per the Hon’ble the Chief Justice) As per the information supplied by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner has since expired and moreover the names of respondents 2 and 3 have already been struck off by Court order dated 13-12-2000. In that view of the matter, the petition will not survive for consideration and is disposed of as such. ___________________ DEVINDER GUPTA, CJ 2-8-2004 _____________ C.V.RAMULU, J Tvr To 1. Secretary, (Union of India), Ministry of Finance, New Delhi. 2. 2 CD copies.