IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 16183 of 1993 Between: K.Ganesh Rao GENERAL SECRETARY, Mahaboobnagar Dist., Palamoor Contract Labour Union, Mahaboobnagar. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Chief General Manager, South Central Railways. Secunderabad 2 Secretary , Labour Department, Govt. of A.P., Hyderabad. 3 Labour Enforcement Officer (Central ), 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 order, direction or writ, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents to stop payment of contractor' s Bills and pass such order or orders as this Hon'ble court may deem fit in the circumstances of the case. For the Petitioner : SMT.S.BHARATI DEVI, Advocate. For the Respondent No.1 & 3 : Mr.Gouri Shankar Sanghi, SC for Railways. For the respondent Nos.2 : G.P. for Labour. The Court Made the Following : ORAL ORDER: ( Per Hon’ble The Chief Justice ) ….. 1. On 15.09.1993 letter addressed by Mahaboob Nagar District Palamoori Contract Labour Union to the Chief Justice of this court was registered as taken up public interest litigation. In the letter it is prayed to issue directions to the Chief General Manager, South Central Railway, Secunderabad, to stop payment of contractor’s bills for solving poor labour problems. 2. Rule nisi was issued and there is no response thereafter in this case. By passage of time, the prayer made in the writ petition has been rendered infructuous. No further direction deserves to be issued in this case. Hence writ petition is closed. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR. // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER. To 1 Chief General Manager, South Central Railways. Secunderabad 2 Secretary , Labour Department, Govt. of A.P., Hyderabad. 3 Labour Enforcement Officer (Central ), Hyderabad. 4. 2 CCs to G.P. for Labour, High Court Building, Hyderabad ( OUT ). 5. 2 CD copies. VRK. HON’BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI. W.P.NO. 16183 OF 1993. ( Order of the Bench delivered by Hon’ble The Chief Justice ) Dt: 15.06.2004.