IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND NINE ONLY WRIT PETITION No.13487 of 2008 Between: M/s. Sriram Rice Mills Pvt., Ltd., Stone Housepet, Nellore, Nellore Dist., Rep., by its Managing Director, Chidella Venkateswarlu. … Petitioner And The Government of A.P., Industry & Commerce (S.S.I) Department, Reptd., by its Principal Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad and six others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri S. Arun Kumr Counsel for respondents 2&4: Sri Y.V. Ravi Prasad Counsel for respondent No.7: Sri Y.N. Vivekananda This Court made the following: ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “…to issue a writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in selling the unit of the petitioner namely M/s. Sriram Rice Mills Pvt. Ltd., Stone Housepet, Nellore, Potti Sreeramulu Nellore District to the 7th respondent amounts to erroneous, arbitrary and violative of Art.14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India besides being the G.O.Ms.Nos.359 I&C, dt. 25-6-2001 and G.O.Ms.203, I&C, dt. 20.7.2006 and consequently direct the respondents not to confirm the sale by lifting the seizure of unit of the petitioner namely Ms/. Sriram Rice Mills Pvt. Ltd., Stone Housepet, Nellore, Potti Sreeramulu Nellore District, by handing over the same to the Managing Director of the petitioner’s firm to run as usual”. At the hearing, it is admitted by the learned counsel for all the parties that in pursuance of the impugned tender notice, sale was already held and that questioning the said sale, the petitioner filed WP.No.17435 of 2008. In view of the same, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration and the writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous, without prejudice to the petitioner’s contentions raised in WP.No.17435 of 2008. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition as infructuous, WPMP.Nos.17393, 22341 and 25011 of 2008 are also dismissed as infructuous. ___________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date:08.07.2009 MNR