IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 31582 of 1998 Between: V. Ramesh S/o Mallikarjuna Varaprasada Rao Hanuman Coop. Sugar Mills, Serinarasannapalem (V), Bapulapadu (M), Krishna Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Hanuman Co-operative Sugars Ltd. Hanuman Junction, Bapulapadu (M), Krishna Dist. 2 The Director of Sugars, Near Exihibition Grounds, Nampally, Hyderabad .....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 in the nature of writ of mandamus directing the respondent to regularise the service of Pump Attendants as per seniority of their dates of joining organisation in 1983. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.A.RAMANARAYANA Counsel for the Respondents : MR.M.PANDURANGA RAO The Court made the following : ORDER : In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks directions by way of Mandamus to regularize his service as Pump Attendant in the 1st respondent-Cooperative Sugars Limited. But the learned counsel appearing for the 1st respondent-Company submits that during the pendency of the writ petition, the Unit has become sick and it is already closed. 2. In view of the closure of the Unit itself, no direction can be given to regularize the service of petitioner at this point of time. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 22nd January 2009. ajr