IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO: 6051 of 1998 Between: 1 Velagapudi Venkateswara Rao S/o. Murali R/o Chanderlapadu, Krishna District. 2 Puvvada Appa Rao s/o. Rattaiah R/o Kanchikacherla Krishna District. 3 Cherukuri Sivaji S/o. Purna Chandra Rao Rythpa, Nandigama, Krishna District. 4 Gudavalli Sankar Rao S/o. Ranga Rao Old P & T Colony, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 5 K. Ranga Rao S/o. Brahmaiah R/o. Pamarru, Krishna District. 6 K. Sri Hari S/o. Brahmaiah R/o. Seetharamapuram, Jaggaiahpet, Krishna District. 7 Gudavalli Krishna Rao S/o. Bala Ramaiah R/o. Penamaluru, Krishna District. ... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Superintending Engineer, Roads & Buildings, Eluru, West Godavari District. 2 The Executive Engineer, Roads & Buildings, Krishna Division, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. 3 The Executive Engineer, Roads & Buildings, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 4 The Superintending Engineer, Roads & Buildings, Spl.M.H.Circle, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 5 The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 6 The Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 7 The Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Nandigama, Krishna District. 8 The Superintending Engineer, P.W.D. Irrigation Circle, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 9 The Executive Engineer, P.W.D. K.C.Division, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 10 The Executive Engineer, P.W.D. K.E.Division, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 11 The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Eluru, West Godavari District. 12 The Superintending Engineer, The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation, Vijayawada, Krishna 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 may be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not issuing the tender schedules and in insisting for tax clearance certificate from the Commercial Tax Department for submission of tenders as arbitrary, illegal and against the principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondents to issue tender schedules without insisting for tax clearance certificates (including sales-tax certificate) from the Commercial Tax Department Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.G.V.R.CHOUDARY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ROADS & BUILDINGS The Court made the following: ORDER: It is represented by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the subject matter in the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the submission made by the learned counsel, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. _________________ N.V. RAMANA, J February 23, 2005 MRR Copy to: 1 The Superintending Engineer, Roads & Buildings, Eluru, West Godavari District. 2 The Executive Engineer, Roads & Buildings, Krishna Division, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. 3 The Executive Engineer, Roads & Buildings, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 4 The Superintending Engineer, Roads & Buildings, Spl.M.H.Circle, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 5 The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 6 The Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 7 The Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Nandigama, Krishna District. 8 The Superintending Engineer, P.W.D. Irrigation Circle, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 9 The Executive Engineer, P.W.D. K.C.Division, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 10 The Executive Engineer, P.W.D. K.E.Division, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 11 The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Eluru, West Godavari District. 12 The Superintending Engineer, The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 13 Two C.C. s to the G.P. for Roads and Buildings, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 14 Two C.D. Copies.