IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 21145 of 1999 Between: A.Narayana Rao, S/o.A.Hanumantha Rao, Head Officer, A.P. Industrial Infrastructure Corpn. Ltd., IV Floor, Parishram Bhavan,Basheerbagh, Hyderabad, R/o. Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND A.P.Industrial Infrastructure Corporation LTD. R/o.Rep by its Chairman & Managing Director, 6 th floor, Parishram Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT 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 to issue a Writ order or direction more particularly one in the natue of writ of Mandamus declaring that portion of Regulation 16-A of Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd. Staff Regulations 1974 which reads as under "........ If any charges are pending against an employee, the increment can be withheld till the charges are disposed off. The authority competent to sanction increment shall have discretion to sanction the increment during the pendency of charges if the charges are considered to be not to garave nature", as arbitrary , illegal, unjust and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the release the annual grade increment which fell due in the month of May 1999 to constitution of India; Consequently direct the respondent corporation to release the petitioner and all benefits that flow out of such a declaration including arreas there on and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.P.RAMABHOOPAL REDDY The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No. 21145 of 1999 Order: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that nothing survives for adjudication in the writ petition and the matter has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. _____________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J. Date: 21.08.2008 Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. A.P.Industrial Infrastructure Corporation LTD. R/o.Rep by its Chairman & Managing Director, 6 th floor, Parishram Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. 2.2CCs to 3.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KKG}