IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 22953 of 2003 Between: 1 Brig.Manoj Tayal,S/o.Sri SC Tayal, South Eastern Circle, Survey of India, Uppal, Hyderabad R/o. Type v/5, Survey Colony, Uppal, Hyderabad - 039 2 Brig V.Singhai, S/o Late Sri SP Singhal, Research & Developfment Dte.,Survey of India, Uppal Hyderabad - 500 039 R/o. Type V/3, Survey Colony, Uppal , Hyderabad - 039 3 Brig.Tavinder Paul, S/o. Late Sri Har Bans Lal, Digital Mapping Centre,Survey of India, Uppal, Hyd R/o. Type V/I, Survey Colony, Uppal , Hyderabad - 039 4 Brig. V.R.Mahendra, S/o. Sri Raj Mohan Lal, South Central Circle, Survey of India, Uppal, Hyd R/o. H.NO.3-6-265/2, HIMAYATNAGAR, HYD - 039 5 Brig. K.R.M.K.Babji Rao, S/o. Sri Kanuru Subba Rao, Survey Training Institute, Survey of India, Uppal , Hyd R/o. Type VI/4, Survey Colony, Uppal , Hyderabad - 039 ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Union of India, rep: by its Secretary, Dept of Science & Techonology, Technology Bhavan, New Mehrauli Rd,New Delhi 2 Surveyor General of India, P.O. Box No.37, Dehra Dun 248 001, Uttranchal, India 3 Sri S.M.Pal, North Western Circle, Survey of India, Survey Bhavan, Chandigarh 4 T.K.Bandhyapadhyay, Survey of India, 15 wood street, Kolkata, West Bengal 5 S.P.Goel, S/o. not known Surveyor General's Office, Survey of India, Hathilbarkala Estate, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal. .....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 will be pleased to to issue a writ or order more so in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in issuing the seniority thereby assigning fresh year of allotment of resopondents 3 to 5 from 1982 to 1970 without any notice to the petitioners herein as highly arbitrary, discriminatory and unconstitutional being violative of Article 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and also violative of principles of natural justice and consequently direct the resopondents to consider the case of Petitioners alongwith the case of the respondents for promotion/supernumarary to the post of Additional Surveyor Generals on the basis of year of allotment as shown in the Seniority list issued in the year 1999 and pass such other order or orders Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.RUPENDRA MAHENDERA Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: The learned counsel for petitioner submits that the cause in this writ petition does not survive as of now for further adjudication and it has become infructuous. In view of the same, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. ______________ C.V.RAMULU, J Date: 3.3.2008 DA THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 22953 of 2003 3.3.2008