IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.27047 of 2003 Between: Darupu Somaraju Reddy, S/o. Narasimha Reddy, R/o. D.No.4-7-14, Kilimi Vari Street, Ramakrishnaraopet, Kakinada, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation Ltd., rep. by its Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Regd. Office 10-1-1200, 3rd Floor, UNI Building, A.C. Burarda, Hyderabad-500 004. 2 Regional Manager, Andhra Pradesh, Forest Development Corporation Ltd., Rama Krishna Beach Road, Visakhapatnam. 3 Divisional Manager, Andhra Pradesh, Forest Development Corporation Ltd., Coffee Plantation Project, R.V. Nagar, East Division, Visakhapatnam. 4 Divisional Manager, Andhra Pradesh, Fsorest Development Corporation Ltd., Chintapalli-South, Visakhapatnam. .....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 a Writ of Mandamus declaring the auction of various species of timber other than yegisa and Bali timber said to have been conducted by the Respondents on 4/5-11-2003 4/5-12-2003 in Chapagedda and Chintapalli as illegal, arbitrary, etc., with a consequential direction to the Respondents to conduct fresh auction after giving wide publicity and notices to all the forest contractors and grant such other just and consequential relief or reliefs as this Hon'ble Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:SRI V.V.L.N.SARMA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR FORESTS The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.27047 of 2003 ORDER: Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the matter has become infructuous. The Writ Petition is, therefore, dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 07.11.2008 vs To 1 The Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation Ltd., Regd. Office 10-1-1200, 3rd Floor, UNI Building, A.C. Burarda, Hyderabad-500 004. 2 Regional Manager, Andhra Pradesh, Forest Development Corporation Ltd., Rama Krishna Beach Road, Visakhapatnam. 3 Divisional Manager, Andhra Pradesh, Forest Development Corporation Ltd., Coffee Plantation Project, R.V. Nagar, East Division, Visakhapatnam. 4 Divisional Manager, Andhra Pradesh, Fsorest Development Corporation Ltd., Chintapalli-South, Visakhapatnam. 5 2CCs to 6 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{ }