IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 22663 of 2008 Between: 1 Abdul Jaleel S/o. Abdul Kareem Regd. No.109/03, Old Aloncha, Khammam District. 2 Awsarala Srinivasa Kondal Rao S/o. Satyanarayana Murthy H.No.19-1-23, N.G.B. Road, New Paloncha, Khammam. 3 Sangam Venkateswar Rao S/o. Yadagiri Kothagudem, Khammam. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND The Superintending Engineer, Northern Power Distribution Company of A.P. Ltd., (NPDC) Operation, Khammam. .....RESPONDENT 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 writ or direction preferably Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in giving priority only to ST candidates in respect of the work mentioned in the tender notice No.T/01/2008-09 i.e., "carrying out manning and maintenance including watch and ward of sub-stations on monthly contract basis in operation circle, Khammam" in the tender schedule clause 7(b) as illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory and violative of principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondent to receive the tender schedules of the petitioners without reference to the above clause and open them along with others. Counsel for the Petitioners : MR. KOWTURU VINAYA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent : O.MANOHAR REDDY(SC FOR APTRANSCO) The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.22663 OF 2008 ORDER : It is represented by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the cause in the writ petition does not survive and therefore no further adjudication is necessary. Accordingly the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI, J. Dt. 22.10.2008 gbs