IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 8242 of 2000 Between: M. Jyothirmayee, W/o. M. Surya Narayana, Aged 30 years, U Kothapalli (v), Dhone Mandal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. Union of India represented by its Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, New Delhi. 2. The Divisional Engineer/Maintenance, Telecommunications, Dronachalam, Kurnool District. 3. The Superintending Engineer, Telecommunications, Kurnool Division, Kurnool 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 writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the 2nd respondent in issuing the licence to the petitioner for setting STD public Phone at U Kothapalli, Dronachalam, Kurnool District by the petitioner as illegal, arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to issue licence to the petitioner for setting STD Telephone at U Kothapalli, Dronachalam, Kurnool District as per the Lr. No.P10/DE(M) DNC/99-2000 and grant such other relief. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K. VINAY, ADVOCATE FOR MR.G.VEERA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 3: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (SC FOR CG) The Court made the following: ORDER: Mr. K. Vinay, learned Advocate representing Mr. G. Veera Reddy, learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. ________________ September 9, 2004. (V.V.S. RAO, J) YS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER. To 1. The Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Union of India, New Delhi. 2. The Divisional Engineer/Maintenance, Telecommunications, Dronachalam, Kurnool District. 3. The Superintending Engineer, Telecommunications, Kurnool Division, Kurnool District. 4. Two CD copies.