IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No: 14003 of 2002 Between: D. Madan Mohan Reddy, S/o. D. Nagabhushan Reddy Itikelapalli (Village) Kurnool Mandal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of A.P., Rep by its Secretary, Roads & Buildings Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Engineer-in Chief (Roads and Buildings), Administration, Errummanzil, Hyderabad, A.P. 3 The Superintending Engineer, (R&B), Circle, Kurnool. 4 The Executive Engineer Roads & Building Division, Kurnool. .....RESPONDENTS 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 of mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring the action of the respondents in withholding the amount of Rs 10 Lakhs from the bills of the petitioner/contractor towards the alleged quality control recoveries in relation to the work of improvements to carriage way of Gooty-Pathikonda Adoni Road in KM 46/0 to 50/0 with out giving any notice & opportunity to the petitioner is arbitrary & illegal, & direct the respondents to release the withheld amount to the petitioner with the interest. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.V.VENKATARAMANA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ROADS & BUILDINGS The Court made the following: ORAL ORDER:- This Writ Petition was posted on 30.06.2005. As there was no representation, it is posted for dismissal today. Even today when the matter is called, there is no representation on behalf of the petitioner. Hence, the Writ Petition is dismissed for non-prosecution. _________________________ 05.07.2005 ES To 1 The Secretary, Government of A.P., Roads & Buildings Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Engineer-in Chief (Roads and Buildings), Administration, Errummanzil, Hyderabad, A.P. 3 The Superintending Engineer, (R&B), Circle, Kurnool. 4 The Executive Engineer Roads & Building Division, Kurnool. 5 2 CCs to the GP for Roads and Buildings, High Court buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 6 2 CD copies