IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No. 14961 of 2002 Between: B. Eswaraiah S/o Sri B. Venkatapathy R/o 18-1-88/6, Yasoda Nagar, II Street, Near K.T. Road, Tirupati. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary Revenue (Endts.III) Department 2 Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams, Rep. by its Executive Officer, Tirupati, Chittoor District. 3 Sri K.P. Anand I.A. & A.S. O/o The Comptroller & Auditor, General of India, 10, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi. .....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 an appropriate writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus: i) declaring the action of the Respondent authorities in not considering the appointment of the petitioner as F.A. & C.A.O. as arbitrary, illegal, violative of article 14, 16 & 21 of the Constitution of India and to set aside G.O.Ms.No. 431 dated 18-7-02. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.A.SUDERSHAN REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: MR.M.ADINARAYANA RAJU The Court made the following : ORDER: When the matter is taken up for hearing, there is no representation on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. M. Adinarayana Raju, learned standing counsel for Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams appearing for the 2nd respondent, has submitted that as the petitioner retired long back, the subject matter of the Writ Petition has become infructuous. In view of the submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. __________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA,J 27th July, 2009 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No. 14961 of 2002 (Dismissed as infructuous-NC) 27th July, 2009 CBS