IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.17665 of 1997 Between: Siddhardha Constructions Pvt. Ltd., Rep.by its Managing Director, N.Surender Babu, S/o.N.Janardhan Rao, R/o.47-15-13 Dwaraka Nagar, Visakhapatnam -16 ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation & Command Area Development, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Superintending Engineer, R&B, Guntur. 3 The Superintending Engineer Panchayatra Circle, Guntur 4 The Superintending Engineer R&B Vijayawada 5 The Superintending Engineer R&B Visakhapatnam 6 The Superintending Engineer Panchayatraj Circle, Vijayawada 7 The Superintending Engineer, Panchayatraj Circle, Visakhapatnam. 8 The Deputy General Manager Commercial NTPC S.R.Head Quarters 2nd floor, MCH Complex, R.P.Road, Secunderabad .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ or direction more particularly one in the nature of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring the action of the respondents in not issuing the tender schedules of the contract works to the petitioner as illegal, arbitrary and unreasonable for consequentially direct the respondents to issue tender schedules of the contract works to the petitioner herein without insisting for production of commercial tax clearance certificate. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. C.H.SATISH KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEVELOPMENT. The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking to direct the respondents to issue tender schedules of contract works to the petitioner without insisting for production of Commercial Tax Clearance Certificate. When the matter is taken up today, none appears for the petitioner as well as the respondents. By lapse of time the prayer in the writ petition has become infructuous. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. _____________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 15.03.2005 Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation & Command Area Development, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Superintending Engineer, R&B, Guntur. 3 The Superintending Engineer Panchayatra Circle, Guntur 4 The Superintending Engineer R&B Vijayawada 5 The Superintending Engineer R&B Visakhapatnam 6 The Superintending Engineer Panchayatraj Circle, Vijayawada 7 The Superintending Engineer, Panchayatraj Circle, Visakhapatnam. 8 The Deputy General Manager Commercial NTPC S.R.Head Quarters 2nd floor, MCH Complex, R.P.Road, Secunderabad 9 Two CCs to GP for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 10 Two CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KRD}