IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO:12605 of 2005 Between: Ch.Sambasiva Rao, S/o.Jagannadha Rao, R/o.Bodhiaveedu, Macherla, Guntur district. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Govt of A.P., Rep by its Secretary Dept of Panchayat Raj, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Guntur. 3 The District Level Sand Committee, Guntur district. 4 The District Panchayat Officer, Guntur District. 5 Konuru Sand and Boat Workers Cooperation Society, Rep by its President N.Nageswara Rao, S/o.N.V.Subbaiah, R/o.Konuru(V), Atchyampet(M), Guntur District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR. G.ANJANEYULU For MR.SRINIVASA RAO BODDULURI Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 5: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in identifying Reach No.15 of Krishna River and issuing notification, dated 31.05.2005 for auctioning the sand as illegal. A perusal of the record shows that the impugned auction notification was issued notifying the Reach in dispute along with other Reaches for auctioning the right to lift the sand for a period of two (2) years. Since admittedly, the said period of two years expired, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous leaving the petitioner free to avail his remedy, if a fresh notification is issued for auctioning of sand in the Reach in question. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition as infructuous, WPMP.No.16011 of 2005 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 3rd JULY, 2008. kvni