IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY WRIT PETITION No.20807 of 1998 Between: G. Hara Prasad S/o G. Shankaraiah R/o H.No.4-174, Geetha Nagar, Malkajgiri, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Divisional Personnel Officer S.C.Railway Secunderabad. 2 Divisional Railway Manager, Broadguage, S.C.Railway, Secunderabad. 3 General Manager, S.C.Railway Secunderabad. 4 S.Ponnu Swamy S.C.Railway, Secunderabad. 5 B. Hariprasada Rao S/o Late Chalapathi Rao S.C.Railway, Secunderabad. .....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 may be pleased to issue Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring the action of the Respondents in rejecting the claim of the petitioner vide proceedings No. C/P/612/Ticket Challenging seniority, dated 2-5-94, which was confirmed in Judgment dated 25-6-97 in O.A.No.995/94 on the file of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad as illegal arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India, consequently direct the official Respondent to place the petitioner above the Respondents 4 and 5. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.J.M.NAIDU Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.GOURI SHANKAR SANGHI The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY WRIT PETITION No.20807 of 1998 ORDER: (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice V. Eswaraiah) Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the subject matter of 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. ________________ V.ESWARAIAH, J __________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J Date: 06-07-2009 Prv