IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.7787 of 2003 Between: 1 ALI BIN ABUBAKAR, S/o.Abubakar Bin Salam, R/o.H.No.9-34, Gandhinagar, Kalwakurthy Mandal Proper, Mahabubnagar District. 2 Fakeer Mohammad, S/o.Gul Mohammad, R/o.H.No.10-6,Gandhinagar, Kalwakurthy Mandal Proper, Mahabubnagar District. ..... PETITIONERS AND The Regional Manager, The Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation, Mahabubnagar District, Mahabubnagar District Proper. .....RESPONDENT 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 declare that the action of the respondent herein in not giving the tender forms to these petitioners and in opening the tenders on 3.4.2003 at 3 PM and acceptance of bids, if any, as illegal, and void, by issuing a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, or Order or Direction as the Honourable court deems ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case and to allow this writ petition with costs. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI K.MAHIPATHI RAO Counsel for the Respondents: SMT.B.G.UMA DEVI The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.7787 of 2003 ORDER: The respondent issued a tender notiﬁcation inviting applications from interested persons for establishing business on the basis of Deposit, Operate and Transfers (DOT) Scheme for a period of twenty years. The petitioners herein applied for supply of tender forms well before the last date for submission of tenders i.e., 03.04.2003, duly paying the requisite amounts. The tender forms were not supplied. Therefore, they ﬁled the instant writ petition seeking a direction to the respondent to supply tender forms. Though this Court admitted the writ petition on 29.04.2003, interim orders were not passed. As per the tender notiﬁcation the last date for submitting tenders was 03.04.2003. Therefore, at this point of time, no direction can be granted to supply tender forms, especially, when the tenders were already opened and contracts were entered into with third parties. The Writ Petition has, therefore, become infructuous, and the same is dismissed accordingly. No costs. _____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 31.10.2008 vs To 1. The Regional Manager, The Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation, Mahabubnagar District, Mahabubnagar District Proper. 2. 2CCs to 3. 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TML}