IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 9642 of 2000 Between: Vinnakota Prakasha Rao, S/o.Sriramamurthy, Kiran Merchant, aged 54 years, R/o.S.Kota Village and Mandal, Vizianagaram District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Joint Collector, Vizianagaram. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st Respondent Authority’s not passing any orders on the petitioner’s application and ordering public auction of the seized stocks in Crime No.77/VC/VZM/2000 without giving any opportunity to the petitioners as arbitrary, illegal, null and void and against the principles of natural justice and to issue consequential direction to release the stocks to the petitioner pending disposal of the 6 A proceedings before the Respondent authority. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.VENKATESWARA RAO GUDAPATI Counsel for the Respondent: The Court made the following : O R D E R : The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the cause in this Writ Petition has become infructuous. Recording the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. ____________ 26-07-2004 prv ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Joint Collector, Vizianagaram. 2 2CCs to 3 2CD copies