IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST, TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR. PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 2972 of 1994 Between: Balaji Trading Company, Ganapavaram, Guntur District, rep.by its Managing Partner-K.Subba Rao, S/o.Narayana, age 40 years. ..... PETITIONER AND 1.The Secretary, Agricultural Market Committee, Macherla, Guntur District. 2.The Secretary, Agricultural Market Committee, Chilakaluripet, Guntur District. 3.The Government of A.P., rep. by its Secretary, F&A, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Cnstitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ or order or direction, particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the respondent market committee not validly constituted and do not have legal authority to enforce the provisions of Act 16 of 1966 and to declare Sec.7(6) of the A.P.Agricultural (Produce and Livestock) Markets Act, 1966 as arbitrary and illegal and against the principles of natural justice and consequently direct the first respondent market committee to forbear from enforcing the Section 7(6) and 23 of the Act 16 of 1966 on the petitioner and to stay all further proceedings in STC.Nos.100 and 107 of 1993 pending in the Munsif Magistrate Court, Macherla. For the Petitioner: MR.K.V.UPENDRA GUPTA, Advocate. For the Respondent Nos.1 & 2: Mr.Posani Venkateswarlu,Standing Counsel for Agricultural Market Committees. For the Respondent No.3: Government Pleader for Food & Agriculture. The Court made the following : THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.2972 of 1994 ORDER: Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that by lapse of time, the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the same, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. ________________ N.V.RAMANA, J. Dated:11th August, 2004. CS/KSR To 1.The Secretary, Agricultural Market Committee, Macherla, Guntur District. 2. The Secretary, Agricultural Market Committee, Chilakaluripet, Guntur District. 3. The Secretary, Food and Agriculture, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 4. Two C.Cs.to the Government Pleader for Food and Agriculture, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad.(O.U.T.) 5. Two C.D. copies.