IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO:17508 of 2000 Between: Chintanippu Ravi ..... PETITIONER AND The State Election Commission and others .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.R.KAMESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondents:AGP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled for a writ of mandamus to declare notiﬁcation, dated 07.09.2000 issued by respondent No.2 whereby he made reservations to the Oﬃces of Sarpanches in Konijerla Mandal, Khammam District, as illegal and arbitrary. A perusal of the proceeding sheet shows that the impugned notification has not been stayed. At the hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that in view of holding of elections, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition as infructuous, WPMP.No.22246 of 2000 ﬁled by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 7th NOVEMBER, 2008. kvni