IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 393 of 1998 Between: 1 Ande Lakshmana Rao S/o Lakshmana Rao, Hindu, aged about 27 years, occ: Contractor, R/o P.Mallavaram, Tallarevenu Mandal, E.G Dist. 2 G.Veeraraju S/o Appa Rao, aged about 32 years, occ: Contractor, R/o Pondicherrry Street , Yanam . 3 Sch. Suryanarayana S/o Satyanarayana Murthy,aged about 48 years, occ: Contractor, R/o Sunkara Raveu , H/o Tallarevy, East Godavari District. 4 N.Kasi Viswanatham S/o Kistamma, aged about 38 years, occ: Contractor, R/o Gollapalem, Kajuluru mandal, E.G Dist. 5 Addala Ranga Rao S/o Krishna Murthy, aged about 45 years, occ: Contractor, r/o Padamati Palem , Malkipuram Mandal, E.G Dist. 6 Illa Bhaskara Rao S/o Mahalakshmi, aged about 55 years, occ:Contractor, Avidi, Kothapeta Mandal, East Godavari District,. 7 M.V. Satyanarayana S/o Venkanna, aged 29 years, R/o Cheyyeeru , Katrenikona Mandal E.G Dist. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Superintending Engineer R & B Circle, Kakinada , E.G Dist. 2 The Superintending Engineer R & B Circle, Eluru , West Godavari Dist. 3 The Superintending Engineer Irrigation Circle, Dowlaiswaram , E.G Dist. 4 The Superintending Engineer Panchayat Raj Circle, Kakinada , E.G Dist. 5 The Superintending Engineer Panchayat Raj Circle, Eluru , W.G Dist. 6 The Superintending Engineer Public Health Department Rajahmundry , E.G Dist. 7 The Superintending Engineer Panchayat Raj , RWS Circle Vijayawada , Krishna Dist. 8 The Superintending Engineer Panchayat , RWS Circle, Vishakapatnam . .....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 directiona more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring the action of the respondents in not issuing the tender schedules to the works contracts to the petitioners as illegal, arbitrary and unreasonable and for a consequential directions directing the respondents to issue tenders schedule to the petitioners and to receive them the sealed tenders from the petitioners without insisting them to produce the Commercial Tax Clearance Certificate. For the Petitioner: MR.N.SIVA REDDY, Advocate For the Respondents 1 to 8 GP FOR IRRIGATION The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER Mr. Prasad Rao, representing Mr. N. Siva Reddy, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that this writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the same, this writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. _______________ 6th December, 2004 vp ASST. REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Superintending Engineer, R&B Circle, Kakinada, East Godavari District, 2. The Superintending Engineer, R&B Circle, Eluru, West Godavari District, 3. The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Dowleiswaram, East Godavari District, 4. The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj Circle, Kakinada, East Godavari District, 5. The Superintending Engineer, Panchayatraj Circle Eluru, West Godavari District, 6. The Superintending Engineer, Public Health Department, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District, 7. The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj, R.W.S. Circle, Vijayawada, Krishna District, 8. The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat, R.W.S. Circle, Visakhapatnam. 9. 2 C.Cs to Govt. Pleader for Irrigation High Court buildings, Hyderabad (O.U.T.) 10. 2 C.D. copies.