IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.2791 of 2008 Between: Gram Panchayat, Dharanikota ..... Petitioner AND 1.The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, Industries and Commerce Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad and 3 others. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioners: Sri.A.Narasimha Rao Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 3: AGP for Industries & Commerce Counsel for respondent No.4: Smt.N.Shoba The Court made the following: Order: At the interlocutory stage, the Writ Petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned Counsel for the parties. This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to set aside Notification No.988/Sand/2007, dated 24-01-2008, whereby the Sand Reach No.13 at Serial No.2, Dharanikota and Amaravathi Panchayats, Guntur District, was notified for public auction. A perusal of the record shows that the proposed auction was for a period of two years upto 31-03-2010. As the period, for which the auction notification was issued, has already expired, the cause in this Writ Petition does not survive for adjudication. Therefore, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.Nos.3585 and 9529 of 2008, filed by the petitioner for interim relief, are disposed of as infructuous. ______________________ (C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy, J) 15th June, 2011 lur