IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) SATURDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 26647 of 2001 Between: A. Krishna Reddy ..... PETITIONER AND The Government of A.P., Rep.by its Principal Secretary, Irrigation & CAD Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others. .....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 issue an appropriate writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2 to 4 in seeking to consider the price bids of the respondents 5 to 7 as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to tender conditions and consequently direct the respondents 1 to 4 not to consider and open the price bids of the respondents 5 to 7 in respect of work covered by LCD-8 as notified in Bid Notification No.LCD/2/2001-2002 dated 25.10.2001. Counsel for the Petitioner:M/S INDUS LAW FIRM Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR IRRIGATION & COMM AREA DEV. The Court made the following : ORDER: T. Ramesh Babu, learned counsel, representing Sri B.Adinarayana Rao, learned counsel appearing for the 6th respondent, submits that the subject matter of the petition has become infructuous. He also submits that the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has no interest as the subject matter of the petition has become infructuous. Recording the above submission, made by the learned counsel, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH Date: 18-04-2009 LSK