IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 22072 of 2002 Between: P. Sudheer, S/o. P. Masthanaiah, 27/145, Police Colony, A.K. Nagar, Nellore -524004 ..... PETITIONER AND The Chairman And Managing Director, Andhra pradesh power Generation Corporation Limited Vidyuth Soudha, Khairatabad, Hyderabad .....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 a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus by declaring the action of the Respondnet in not considerint he case of the petitioner for appointment to the posts of Assistant Engineer (Electrical) as arbitrary, illegal and violative of Article 14 of the constitution by India and Consequentially direc the respondent to appointment the petitioner in the vacant posts of Assist Engineer (Electrical) in Respondnet Corporation and pass Counsel for the Petitioner :MR.K.G.K.PRASAD Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.K.CHIDAMBARAM(SC FOR AP GENCO) The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition has been filed seeking to issue a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in not considering the case of the petitioner for appointment to the post of Assistant Engineer (Electrical) as arbitrary, illegal and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently to direct the respondent to appoint the petitioner in the vacant post of Assistant Engineer (Electrical) in respondent Corporation. This Court on 06-11-2002 issued Rule nisi. During the pendency of the writ petition, the learned standing counsel appearing for the respondent made a letter dated 26-07- 2008 stating that the respondent/APGENCO after considering the cases of the petitioner issued orders appointing the petitioner and accordingly he was absorbed. Therefore, no further orders are required to be passed, since the subject matter of the petition has become infructuous. Accordingly, recording the submission made by the learned standing counsel the writ petition is closed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________________ JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH Date: 31-07-2008 LSK