IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 24374 of 1997 Between: 1.. Vaddera labour Contract Cooperative Society, Rep. by its President Gunja Raghavulu,S/o Kannaiah, R/o Vemulapadu, S.N.Padu Mandal, Prakasam Dist. 2.. Sri Saibaba Vaddera Labour Contract Co-Op Societies Ltd., Rep. by its President G.Polaiah, S/oVenkateswamy,R/o Ongole, Prakasam Dist. 3.. The Harijan Labour Contract Co-Op Society Ltd., Rep. by its President Tella Ankaiah, S/o Seetaiah, R/o Penamitta, S.N.Padu Mandal, Prakasam Dist. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Govt. of A.P., Rep by its Secretary, Finance & Planning Dept., Secretariat Buildings, Hyderbad 2 The Executive Engineer Road & Building, Ongole, Prakasam Dist. 3 Superintendent Engineer, Road & Building, Nellore. 4 Superintendent Engineer, Road & Building, Guntur. 5 The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj Dept., Ongole, Prakasam Dist. 6 Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Ongole, Prakasam Dist. ....RESPONDENTS 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 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 the deposit of Earnest Money Deposit in the shape of National Saving Certificate or postal Term Deposit Scheme certificate and also insist for submission of tax clearance certificate from the Commercial Tax Department and Income Tax department and experience certificate along with the tenders, as illegal, void and violative of Art.14 and 19 (1) (g) of the Constitution of India and pass. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.T.RAJENDRA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR FINANCE & PLANNING The Court made the following : ORDER: The present writ petition is filed questioning the action of the respondents in insisting for deposit of Earnest Money Deposit in the shape of National Saving Certificate or Postal Term Deposit scheme, submission of Tax Clearance Certificate from the Commercial Tax Department and Income Tax Department and experience certificate along with tenders. This Court while admitting the writ petition granted interim directions by order dated 25-9-1997. Learned counsel for petitioner submitted that in view of the interim orders, no further orders are required and the cause in the writ petition does not survive. Recording the submission of the learned counsel for petitioner, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ____________ N.V.RAMANA,J 23-3-2005 TVK ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Secretary, Govt. of A.P., Finance & Planning Dept., Secretariat Buildings, Hyderbad 2 The Executive Engineer Road & Building, Ongole, Prakasam Dist. 3 The Superintendent Engineer, Road & Building, Nellore. 4 The Superintendent Engineer, Road & Building, Guntur. 5 The Superintending Engineering, Panchayat Raj Dept., Ongole, Prakasam Dist. 6 The Executive Engineering, Panchayat Raj, Ongole, Prakasam Dist. 7) 2 CD copies 8).. 2 CCs to Government Pleader for Finance & Planning, High Court of A.P. Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MN}