IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 11979 of 1998 Between: Dr.Reddy Satya Rao, S/o. Late Appala Suryanarayana, R/o. Bobbili, Vizianagaram district. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Govt. of A.P., rep. Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 District Collector, Vizianagaram. 3 Joint Collector, Vizianagaram. 4 Revenue Divisional Officer, Parvathipuram, Vizianagaram district. 5 K.Srirama Murthy, S/o. Purushotham, R/o. Bobbili, Vizianagaram district. .....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 or any other appropriate Writ and direct the respondents 1 to 4 to forbear from granting renewal of 'B' form licence to the 5th respondent in respect of Omkar Theatre, Bobbili, Vizianagaram district pursuant to the notice issued by 4th respondent in Rc.No. 3093/97.A dated 09/03/1998 and further direct the respondents 1 and 4 not to allow the 5th respondent to exhibit films in the Cinema Hall. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.V.VENKATARAMANA (not present) Counsel for Respondents 1 to 4: G.P. FOR HOME Counsel for the Respondent No.5: MR.G.KRISHNA MURTHY The Court made the following : ORDER: None appears for the petitioner. Learned counsel for Respondent No.5 submits that no cause survives in this writ petition and it has become infructuous. Recording the submissions made by the learned counsel, this Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. _____________ N.V.RAMANA, J Date: 1.4.2005 DA/SVV To 1 The Secretary, Govt. of A.P., Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Vizianagaram. 3 The Joint Collector, Vizianagaram. 4 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Parvathipuram, Vizianagaram district. 5 Two CCs to the G.P. for Home, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 6 Two CD copies.