IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22195 of 2007 Between: Ratnavath Balaji … Petitioner AND Government of A.P., rep., by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : None Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Home This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22195 of 2007 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to direct respondent No.3 not to arrest the petitioner without registering any crime and without informing this Court. At the hearing, there is no representation for the petitioner. A perusal of the counter-affidavit filed by respondent No.3 shows that a criminal case was registered against the petitioner vide crime No.286 of 2007 under Sections 406 and 420 IPC and that the petitioner filed Crl.P.No.6242 of 2007 in this Court. It is further evident that this Court on 25.10.2007, while issuing notice before admission, granted stay of arrest of the petitioner while permitting investigation to go on and that the said criminal petition is pending. In view of the abovementioned events, which evidently took place after filing of the writ petition, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. The writ petition is therefore dismissed as infructuous giving liberty to the petitioner to pursue Crl.P.No.6242 of 2007 pending in this Court. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition as infructuous, WPMP.No.28749 of 2007 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is also dismissed. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 21.04.2008 ES