IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.11426 of 1998 Between: 1 Chukkapally Mohan Rao, S/o Narayana Swamy, R/o Irukupalem,Madala Post, Muppalla Mandal, Guntur District. 2 Unnam Narasimha Rao, S/o Venkateswarlu, R/o Janapadu, Piduguralla, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Chief Engineer (W.B.) Panchayat Raj Department, Hyderabad. 2 The Chief Engineer(NABARD), Panchayat Raj Department, Hyderabad. 3 The Chief Engineer(W.B.) R & B, Hyderabad. 4 The Chief Engineer(NABARD), R & B , Hyderabad. 5 The Superintending Engineer(NABARD) Panchayat Raj, Guntur. 6 The Superintending Engineer(NABARD) Panchayat Raj, Nellore. 7 The Superintending Engineer(NABARD) R&B, Guntur. 8 The Superintending Engineer(NABARD) R&B, Nellore. 9 The Superintending Engineer(W.B) R&B, Guntur. 10 The Superintending Engineer(W.B) R&B, Nellore. 11 The Superintending Engineer(R.W.S.) Panchayat Raj, Guntur. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may 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 not allowing the class-I contractors to submit tenders for the works more than one Crore and upto 5 Crores as per G.O.Ms.No.178,dt.27-9-97 as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional, without any power of jurisdiction and against the directions of the Government issued in G.O.,Ms.No.178,dt.27.9.97. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.T.RAJENDRA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEVELOPMENT. The Court made the following: ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the cause in the writ petition does not survive and it has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 15.03.2005 Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Chief Engineer (W.B.) Panchayat Raj Department, Hyderabad. 2 The Chief Engineer(NABARD), Panchayat Raj Department, Hyderabad. 3 The Chief Engineer(W.B.) R & B, Hyderabad. 4 The Chief Engineer(NABARD), R & B , Hyderabad. 5 The Superintending Engineer(NABARD) Panchayat Raj, Guntur. 6 The Superintending Engineer(NABARD) Panchayat Raj, Nellore. 7 The Superintending Engineer(NABARD) R&B, Guntur. 8 The Superintending Engineer(NABARD) R&B, Nellore. 9 The Superintending Engineer(W.B) R&B, Guntur. 10 The Superintending Engineer(W.B) R&B, Nellore. 11 The Superintending Engineer(R.W.S.) Panchayat Raj, Guntur. 12 Two CCs to GP for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 13 Two CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{PRASAD}