IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 20645 of 1993 Between: 1 Sri Anantha Grameena Bank Officers' Union, Ananthapur, rep. by its President K.Narasimhulu 2 Sri Anantha Grameena Bank Staff Union, Ananthapur rep. by V. Srinivasulu, Executive Committee Member ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Sri Anantha Grameena Bank rep. by Chairman, Ananthapur 2 The Union of India rep. by Ministry of Finance (Banking Division) Jeevan Deep, Parliament Street, New Delhi 3 National Bank for Agricultural & Rural Development Cement House 3rd Floor, Dr. Annie Beasant Road, Worli, Mumbai 4 Syndicate Bank rep. by Chairman cum Managing Director Manipal, Karnataka .....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, more in the nature of a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, declaring that the action of the respondents in reducing the benefits available to the members of the petitioners’ Union like festival advance, as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and to declare the Circular No.25/PD/EST/93-94 dt: 23-8-93 of the 1st respondent as arbitrary and illegal. For the Petitioners: MR.V.VENKATARAMANA, Advocate. For the Respondents Nos.1, 3 & 4: MR.K.SRINIVASA MURTHY, Advocate For the Respondent No.2: Mr.G.Krishna Murthy,Advocate The Court made the following ORDER: It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the subject matter of this Writ Petition has become infructuous. Recording the above, this Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. Dated: 18-06-2004 ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Chairman, Sri Anantha Grameena Bank, Ananthapur. 2. The Union of India, rep. by Ministry of Finance (Banking Division), Jeevan Deep, Parliament Street, New Delhi. 3. National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development Cement House, 3rd Floor, Dr.Annie Beasant Road, Worli, Mumbai. 4. The Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Syndicate Bank, Manipal, Karnataka. 5. Two C.D. copies. cs/skmr s