IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.25300 of 2011 Between: A. Chandrakala … Petitioner And A.P. State Road Transport Corporation, Rep., by its Managing Director, Hyderabad & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri Mangena Sreerama Rao for Sri Nimmagadda Satyanarayana Counsel for the respondents: Smt. W.V.S. Rajeswari This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.25300 of 2011 ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to set aside order, dated 01.06.2007, of respondent No.2, whereby he has terminated the petitioner’s authorised computer online ticket booking agency. A perusal of the record shows that the impugned order of termination was made as far back as 01.06.2007 and the present Writ Petition is filed more than four years thereafter. No explanation whatsoever has been offered by the petitioner for the inordinate delay in filing this Writ Petition. Therefore, the Writ Petition is liable to be dismissed on the ground of unexplained laches. Even otherwise, the Writ Petition is liable to be dismissed on the ground that the agency in question is in the nature of a non-statutory contract and that termination of such contract normally gives rise to a cause of action for availing a remedy in private law field. Merely because the respondents are the instrumentalities of the State, this Court ordinarily would not exercise its jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to adjudicate on the disputes arising under non-statutory contracts (see Kerala State Electricity Board vs. Kurien E. Kalathil[1], State of Gujarat vs. Meghji Pethraj Shah Charitable Trust[2], State of U.P. vs. Bridge & Roof Co. (India) Ltd.,[3], India Thermal Power Ltd., vs. State of M.P.[4] and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation vs. Gayatri Construction Co.[5]). For both the abovementioned reasons, the Writ Petition is dismissed. As a sequel, WPMP.No.31133 of 2011 is also dismissed. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 18.11.2011 ES [1] (2000) 6 SCC 293 [2] (1994) 3 SCC 552 [3] (1996) 6 SCC 22 [4] (2000) 3 SCC 379 [5] (2008) 8 SCC 172