IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G. BIKSHAPATHY WRIT PETITION No: 7366 of 1992 Between: P. Balaji, S/o.P.Rangachar Law Officer, A.B., Zonal Legal Cell, Guntur. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. Andhra Bank, rep., by its Chairman & Managing Director, Sultan Bazar, Hyderabad. 2. The General Manager (Personnel) & Chairman, Departmental Promotion Committee, Andhra Bank, Sultan Bazar, 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 may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus, declaring the selections undertaken by the first respondent-Bank for promotion to the Middle Management Grade-III Officers during June/July 1991 as vitiated, arbitrary and illegal and consequently not liable to be acted upon and further direct the respondents to evolve proper guidelines/scheme of selection on the basis of which to conduct selections afresh for promotion of officers to Middle Management Grade-III. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.D.V.SITARAMAMURTHY Counsel for the Respondents: MR.S.UDAYACHALA RAO & MUJIB KUMAR S. The Court made the following: ORDER:- Learned counsel for the Bank submits that the petitioner has been promoted in the year 1993 and therefore, the Writ Petition has become infructuous. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ______________________ G. BIKSHAPATHY, J. Date: 17.02.2005 ES To 1. The Chairman & Managing Director, Andhra Bank, Sultan Bazar, Hyderabad. 2. The General Manager (Personnel) & Chairman, Departmental Promotion Committee, Andhra Bank, Sultan Bazar, Hyderabad. 3 2 CD copies