IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 4264 of 1998 Between: R.Srinivas Reddy, S/o R.Rajagopal Reddy, R/o 1-711, Dwarakanagar Colony, Cuddapah. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh Irrigation and Command Area Development Department, rep by its Executive Engineer, Telugu Ganga Project, Cuddapah. 2 The Superintendent Engineer, Telugu Ganga Project, Cuddapah. .....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 or direction declaring the action of the respondents in limiting the tender schedules to only contractors who have done work in their own name and in not counting the experience of a power of attorney holder as illegal, arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to issue tender schedules in respect of tender notification No.12/97-98 dt.19.1.98 and consider the tender of the petitioner for award of the contract. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.O.MANOHER REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: G.P. FOR IRRIGATION & COMM AREA DEV. The Court made the following ORDER Questioning the action of the respondents in limiting the tender schedules to only contractors who have done work in their own name and in not counting the experience of a power of attorney holder, the present writ petition is filed seeking a direction to the respondents to issue tender schedules in respect of tender notification No.12/97-98 dt.19.1.98 and consider the tender of the petitioner for award of the contract. The learned Government Pleader for Irrigation submits that the cause in this writ petition does not survive and it has become infructuous. Recording the submission made by the learned Government Pleader, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________ N.V.RAMANA, J Date: 21.4.2005 DA/SVV To 1 The Executive Engineer, Government of Andhra Pradesh Irrigation and Command Area Development Department, Telugu Ganga Project, Cuddapah. 2 The Superintendent Engineer, Telugu Ganga Project, Cuddapah. 3 Two CCs to GP for Irrigation & Common Area Development, High Court of A.P. Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 4 Two CD copies