IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 12980 of 2004 Between: O. Sugunamma, W/o. Late O. Parthasarathi Reddy, R/o. Proddutur, Kadapa District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Chief Engineer, O & M, AP GENCO, R.T.P.P., V.V. Reddy Nagar - 516 312. Cuddapah District. 2 The Senior Accounts Officer, O/o. The Chief Engineer, O & M., APGENCO., R.T.P.P., V.V. Reddy Nagar - 516 312. Cuddapah District. 3 The P. Divisional Manager, LIC of India, P & G s Unit Division Office, "Jeevan Prakash" 5-9-21, Secretariat Road, Saifabad, Hyderabad - 500 063. .....RESPONDENTS 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 a Writ or Order or direction, preferable to the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in nto paying the Group saving linked Insurance Scheme amount to the petitioner for the death of her late husband O. Parthasarathi Reddy who was member of the scheme and died due ill-health while working in the respondents 1 & 2 orgainzation is illegal, arbitrary, violation of Article 14, 19 & 21 of constitution of India and consequently direct the respondent to release the said Insurance amount forthwith to the petitioner and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.RATHANGA PANI REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.K.CHIDAMBARAM(SC FOR AP GENCO) The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition has been filed seeking to issue a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not paying the Group Saving Linked Insurance Scheme amount to the petitioner for the death of her husband O. Parthasarathi Reddy who was a member of the scheme and died due to ill-health while working in the respondents 1 and 2 organisation as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently to direct the respondents to release the said Insurance amount forthwith to the petitioner. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the respondents 1 to 3. This Court on 10-09-2004 issued Rule nisi. During the pendency of the writ petition learned standing counsel appearing for the respondents 1 and 2 made a letter dated 26-07-2008 that the claim was settled and the GSLiS amount of Rs.1,28,877/0 due in respect of the writ petitioner was paid bearing Cheque No.671498 dated 09-09-2004 through APGENCO and no further orders are required to be passed, since the subject matter of the petition has become infructuous. Learned counsel appearing for the 3rd respondent also submitted that the claim was settled. In view of the above, accordingly, recording the submissions made by the learned counsel, this Writ Petition is closed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________________ JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH Date: 31-07-2008 LSK