IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) SATURDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.14411 of 2003 Between: K.M. Safiullah … Petitioner AND The Principal Secretary to Govt., Minorities Welfare Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri Syed Shareef Ahmed Counsel for respondent No.3: Sri S.M. Subhani This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.14411 of 2003 ORDER:- This writ petition is ﬁled for the following substantive relief: “… … Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly in the nature of Mandamus declaring the impugned proceedings of the 1st respondent made in Memo No.8992/Wakf.1/ A1/2002 dated 29.06.2003 is contrary to Section 14(1)(b)(i) and the ratio of the judgment of Division Bench reported in 1996 (1) ALT 236, consequently direct the 1st respondent to hold election in the category of Section 14(1)(b)(i) and pass such other order or orders as may be deemed think, ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case.” At the hearing, Sri Syed Shareef Ahmed and Sri S.M.Subhani learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and respondent No.3 respectively submitted that as the very Wakf Board itself was superceded, the issue raised in this writ petition does not survive for consideration. The writ petition is therefore dismissed as infructuous with liberty to the petitioner to raise the issue raised in this writ petition as and when such necessity arises. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 15.11.2008 ES