IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 33414 of 1997 Between: Kantamneni Srinivasa Rao, S/o. Raghavaiah. R/o. 3-1, Communist Bazar, Challapalli, Krishna Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj Dept., Guntur. (R1 Dismissed for default as per Court Order dt.7-9-2000) 2 The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj Dept., R.W.S.,Guntur. 3 The Superintending Engineer, R & B, Guntur. 4 The Executive Engineer, (marketing) Guntur. (R4 Dismissed for defualt as per Court Order dt. 7-9-2000) 5 The Superintending Engineer, Public Health, Guntur. 6 The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Vijayawada. 7 The Superintending Engineer, R.W.S., Vijayawada. 8 The Superintending Engineer, R.W.S., Eluru. 9 The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Vijayawada. .....RESPONDENTS 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 a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in insisting for physical experience certificate, Financial turn over certificate and for the payment of earnest money deposit along with the application for issue of tender schedules as arbitrary, illegal void and violative of Art.14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.PRABHU NATH VASIREDDY (Not present) Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following: ORDER: The present writ petition is filed seeking to issue a writ of Mandamus declaring that the action of the respondents in insisting the petitioner for payment of Earnest Money Deposit to the works and production of Experience Certificate for issuance of tender schedules for the notified works is illegal and arbitrary. This Court, while admitting the writ petition, on 15.12.1997, granted interim direction. Today, when the case is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner called absent. Learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj appearing for the respondents submits that in view of the interim direction granted by this Court earlier, no further orders are required to be passed in the writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. _________ 06.04.2005 dr/tvk Copy to 1 The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj Dept., Guntur. 2 The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj Dept., R.W.S.,Guntur. 3 The Superintending Engineer, R & B, Guntur. 4 The Executive Engineer, (Marketing) Guntur. 5 The Superintending Engineer, Public Health, Guntur. 6 The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Vijayawada. 7 The Superintending Engineer, R.W.S., Vijayawada. 8 The Superintending Engineer, R.W.S., Eluru. 9 The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Vijayawada. 10 2 CCs to Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. (OUT) 11 2 CD copies.