THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.1909 of 2006 Date 01.11.2007 Between: Vizag Region General Insurance Employees Association, rep. By its Secretary. ..... PETITIONER AND United India Insurance Company Limited. Rep. By its Regional Manager, Vizag and another. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.1909 of 2006 O R D E R: This writ petition is filed declaring the action of the first respondent- Company in denying functional allowance to its employee viz. Sri Ch.Sekhar, who was working as Generator Operator-cum-Electrician, as illegal and arbitrary. A consequential direction is also sought to the first respondent-Company to pay functional allowance on par with other employees. Learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents places before this Court a copy of the letter dated 03.10.2007 addressed by the Chief Regional Manager of the first respondent-Company informing that it had agreed to pay functional allowance to its employee who had been performing duties of Generator Operator during the period 18.01.1993 to June, 1999. Learned Standing Counsel relying on the aforesaid letter dated 31.10.2007 would submit that the cause in the writ petition does not survive. Recording the said letter dated 31.10.2007 and taking note of the submissions of the learned Standing Counsel that the first respondent- Company had agreed to pay functional allowance to its employee, who has been performing the duties of Generator Operator from 18-01-1993 to June, 1999, the writ petition is closed. No costs. _______________ 01.11.2007 usd