IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No. 1416 OF 2007 Between: Gopu Subramanyam. … Petitioner AND The District Level Committee (Sand Auctions) Machilipatnam, Krishna District and four others.. … Respondents This Court made the following: O R D E R : The petitioner, being aggrieved by the Tender-cum- Auction notice dated 06-01-2007 issued by the District Panchayat Officer & Convenor, District Level Committee (Sand Auctions), Machilipatnam, Krishna District, in so far as it pertained to Raghavapuram Reach in R.S. Nos.82, 463, 464 and 470 of Nandigama Mandal, Krishna District, filed the present writ petition. 2. It was the case of the petitioner that requisite clearance from the Ground Water Department and the River Conservator were not obtained. 3. This Court, by order dated 25-01-2007, stayed the auction of Raghavapuram Sand Reach until further orders. 4. Relevant to note, the auction under the impugned notification dated 06-01-2007 was limited to a period of one year. That being so, the notification dated 06-01- 2007 cannot be given effect to at this belated stage in any event. 5. The Writ Petition has therefore become infructuous due to efflux of time and is accordingly closed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J Date: 24-02-2011. KVS THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.1416 OF 2007 February 24, 2011