IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.14051 of 2001 Between: T. Munikrishna Reddy S/o T. Subbarami Reddy R/o D.No.19-9-3E/5, Kennedy Nagar, Tirupathi Post, Chittoor District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Dealer Section Board, Rep. by its Non-Member Secretary, C/o Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Tadepalli Installation, Guntur District-522501. 2 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Rep. by its Area Marketing Manager (Retail) Post Box No. 1511, 45/A, Sarojinidevi Road, Secunderabad. 3 Smt. Rohini W/o Kishore D.No.6-8-1205, N.G.O's Colony, Tirupathi Post, Chittoor District. .....RESPONDENTS 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 of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ order or direction, declaring the action of the respondents 1 & 2 especially the 1st Respondent in selection the 3rd Respondent for the dealership of Petrol-diesel retail outlet at Renigunta, Chittoor District on behalf of the 2nd Respondent corporation and further relegating the petitioner to the 2nd position in the order of merit in that regard as malafide, arbitrary, discriminatory and illegal and consequently direct the respondent 1 and 2 appoint the petitioner as dealer in respect of the above retail outlet. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.M.CHANDRASEKHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: MR.THOOMSRINIVAS The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.14051 of 2001 ORDER: Sri T.Balaji, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the writ petition has been ﬁled questioning the arbitrary manner of selection and allotment of dealership of petrol-diesel retail outlet. Learned counsel would submit that an interim order was passed by this Court and, subsequent thereto, the petitioner has been allotted a petrol-diesel retail outlet. Learned counsel further submits that, in such circumstances, the cause in this writ petition does not necessitate adjudication and the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J Date: 14.11.2008 va