IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 33199 of 1997 Between: P.Venkateswarlu, S/o Yagnanarayana, 32 years, R/o Nellore. ..... PETITIONER AND The Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Nellore. .....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 a writ of Mandamus or any other writ, order or direction, declaring the action of the respondent in not issuing the regular stage carriage permit pursuant to the orders passed by the State Transport Appellate Tribunal, Hyderabad in A.P.No.271/97, dated 09.09.1997 with the timings submitted along with the application to the petitioner as arbitrary and illegal and further direct the respondent to permit the petitioner to ply his vehicle on the route in question with the timings submitted by him immediately. Counsel for the Petitioner: SMT.M.VINOBHA DEVI Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR TRANSPORT The Court made the following: ORDER: Smt M.Vinobha Devi, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that in view of the interim direction granted by this Court on 17.12.1997, no further orders are required to be passed in the main writ petition, as the same became infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. _________ 06.04.2005 dr/tvr To 1 The Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Nellore. 2 2 CCs to Government Pleader for Transport, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. (OUT) 3 2 CD copies