IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.14015 of 2006 Between: D. Nityananda Prasad … Petitioner AND Principal Secretary to the State of A.P. (Home & Courts), Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : None This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.14015 of 2006 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “… Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of the Writ of mandamus declaring the action of the 3rd respondent in refusing to permit him or any other authorized person from their Eenadu News Paper and ETV channels to interview or to elicit information from Sri Kosaraju Venkateswar Rao, S/o.Vijaya Simha who is remanded to judicial custody in C.C.No.3/2002 on the file of the Metropolitan Session Judge, Hyderabad who is lodged in the 3rd respondent central prison as illegal, arbitrary, malafide and in violation of the fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitution of India, including the freedom of press and the rights of citizens to that information and to and to consequently direct the respondents to permit him or any other authorised person from their Eenadu News Paper and ETV channels to interview or elicit the information or comments from said Kosaraju Venkateshwar Rao, on such terms and conditions as deemed fit and to pass such other and further orders.” At the hearing, there is no representation for the petitioner. Today I dismissed WP.No.14153 of 2006 on the representation made by the learned counsel for the petitioner therein that in view of long lapse of time the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. Since the prayer in this writ petition is also similar to the said writ petition, this writ petition is also dismissed following the dismissal of WP.No.14153 of 2006 by leaving the issues raised in this writ petition to be raised and adjudicated in an appropriate case. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.17466 of 2006 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is also dismissed. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 22.04.2008 ES