IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 25790 of 1997 Between: 1. Sri Sanjeevayya Labour Contract Cooperative Society Ltd., (NOX-348) Bobbarlanka,rep.by it's President: S.Venkata Rao Atreyapuram Mandal, E.G.Dist. 2. Sri Raj Labour Contract Cooperative Society Ltd., (NOX-625) Bobbarlanka,rep.by it's President: M.Nageswara Rao Atreyapuram Mandal, E.G.Dist. 3. Sallapudi Venkata Raju, S/o. Sreeramulu, Hindu R/o. Bobbarlanka, Atreyapuram Mandal, E.G.Dist. .... PETITIONERS AND 1. The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj Circle, Kakinada, E.G.Dist. 2. The Superintending Engineer, R& B Circle, Kakinada, E.G.Dist. 3. The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Dowleiswaram, E.G.Dist. ....RESPONDENTS 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 Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ declaring the action of the respondent in insisting the petitioners for earnest money deposit for works contracts as illegal, arbitrary and null and void and for consequential directions directing the respondents not to insist the petitioners for Earnest Money Deposit for issuing the petitioners for Earnest Money Deposit for issuing the Tender Schedules. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.N.SIVA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ROADS & BUILDINGS The Court made the following: ORDER: It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the subject matter of this Writ Petition has become infructuous. Recording the above submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. ____________ 24-03-2005 kvrm To 1. The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj Circle, Kakinada, E.G.Dist. 2. The Superintending Engineer, R& B Circle, Kakinada, E.G.Dist. 3. The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Dowleiswaram, E.G.Dist. 4. 2 CCs to G.P. for Roads and Buildings, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 5. 2 CD copies.