HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.14801 of 2011 Date : 4-8-2011 Between : The A.P. Government Vehicles Drivers’ Central Association, represented by its President G.Sree Ramulu, o/o.Superintending Engineer (Irrigation), Visakhapatnam .. Petitioner And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Secretary (SER & HRM), General Administration (SW-1) Department, Hyderabad and another .. Respondents Counsel for petitioner : Sri K.Sreenivas Counsel for respondent No.1: Assistant Government Pleader for General Administration Department Counsel for respondent No.2 : Sri M.Surender Rao The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for the following substantive relief : “…to issue a writ, order or direction particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring G.O.Rt.No.2258, dated 24-5-2011 issued by the 1st respondent extending the term of office of the 2nd respondent after its expiry, as President of the A.P. Government Vehicles Drivers’ Central Association and its body as arbitrary, unconstitutional, unreasonable, without jurisdiction, contrary to the bye-laws of the 1st petitioner-Association, contrary to the A.P. Civil Services (Recognition of Service Association) Rules, 2001….” At the hearing, Sri K.Srinivas, the learned counsel for the petitioners and also Sri M.Surender Rao, learned counsel for respondent No.2, represented that since the period of two months for which the impugned G.O. was issued extending the term of respondent No.2 has expired, the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive for adjudication. The learned counsel for the petitioners however stated that as a Contempt Case has been filed against respondent No.2 for the alleged violation of the interim order of this court passed pending this Writ Petition, the petitioners may be given liberty to pursue the said Contempt Case. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioners to pursue the Contempt Case making it clear that the dismissal of this Writ Petition would not affect the pending Contempt Case. As a sequel, interim order dated 7-6-2011 is vacated and WPMP No.17802 of 2011 and WVMP No.2125 of 2011 are disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy Date : 4-8-2011 AM