IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 31080 of 1998 Between: 1 Devadass Palleswari, W/o Narasimha Rao, Hindu, F.P. Shop Dealer of Shop No.10, R/o Vilasavalli Village, Uppalaguptham Mandal, East Godavari District. 2 Badugu Balaram murthy, S/o. Venkata Reddy, Hindu, F.P. Shop Dealer of Shop No.16, R/o Kunavaram Village, Uppalaguptham Mandal, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector (Civil Supplies Wing), Kakinada. East Godavari District. 2 The Joint Collector (Civil Supplies Wing), Kakinada. East Godavari District. 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Amalapuram, East Godavari District. 4 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Amalapuram, Uppalaguptham, East Godavari District. .....RESPONDENTS 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 a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, declaring the proceeding of he 3rd Respondent in Ref.(H)2624/98 dt.20.7.98 as illegal, arbitrary and opposed to the principles of natural justice and consequently direct the Respondent to continue the petitioners as F.P.Shops Dealers of shop.No.10 of Vilasavilli Village and Shop.No.16 of Kanavaram Village in Uppalaguptham Mandal, East Godavari District respectively. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.N.SIVA REDDY Counsel for Respondents : G.P. FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : ORDER: The learned counsel for petitioner submits that cause in this writ petition does not survive and no further orders are required to be passed in this writ petition and it has become infructuous. Recording the submission made by the learned counsel for petitioner, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________ N.V.RAMANA, J Date: 13.4.2005 DA/SVV To 1 The District Collector (Civil Supplies Wing), Kakinada, East Godavari District. 2 The Joint Collector (Civil Supplies Wing), Kakinada, East Godavari District. 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Amalapuram, East Godavari District. 4 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Amalapuram, Uppalaguptham, East Godavari District. 5 Two CCs to the G.P. for Civil Supplies, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 6 Two CD copies.