IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, THE CHIEF JUSTICE WRIT PETITION NO : 4941 of 2002 Between: Muppavarapu Srinivasa Rao, s/o. late Krishna Murthy, R/o.Enamalakuduru village, Penamaluru mandal, Krishna District ..... PETITIONER AND 1)The Assistant Director, Department of Mines & Geology, Vijayawada, Krishna district. 2)The District Collector, Krishna district at Machilipatnam. 3)The District Panchayat Officer, Machilipatnam, Krishna dist. .....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 or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the third respondent herein, in issuing the proceedings in Memo No.366/2001-Pts.1, dated 25.10.2001 as illegal and arbitrary and against Article 40 of the Constitution of India, apart from violative of principles of natural justice and set aside the said order and consequently direct the second respondent herein to conduct the public auction for sand quarry in reach No.7 of Enamalakuduru village, Penamaluru mandal, Krishna district. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.A.V.V.S.N.MURTHY, Advocate (not present) Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : O R D E R : None for the Petitioner. The learned counsel for the respondents says that by passage of time, the petition has been rendered infructuous. The Writ Petition is disposed of as such. ----------------------- 08.07.2004 Copy to: 1)The Assistant Director, Department of Mines & Geology, Vijayawada, Krishna district. 2)The District Collector, Krishna district at Machilipatnam. 3)The District Panchayat Officer, Machilipatnam, Krishna dist. 4)Two CCs to the G.P. for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, High Court Buildings, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (o.u.t.) 5) Two CD copies. TVR/DRK