IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G. BIKSHAPATHY WRIT PETITION NO : 19425 of 1994 Between: Smt. B.Hamsa, W/o. Late T.D.Bhaskar. Viswanadharaopet, Bitragunta, Nellore District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Union of India, Rep.by its Project Administrator, Indian Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Govt. of India undertaking, Hyderabad. 2 Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Dept. of Petro Chemicals, Shastry Bhavan, New Delhi. .....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, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondents in appointing petitioner's son B.Shiva Kumar on compassionate Grounds as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to appoint the petitioner's son B.Shiva Kumar in any suitable post either in 1st respondent's organisation or any other organisation under the control of the 2nd respondent. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.J.M.NAIDU Counsel for the Respondent No.: Mr.S.Rama Krishna Rao. The Court made the following : O R D E R: The Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the Writ Petition has become infructuous. 2. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. ________________ G.Bikshapathy, J. Dated 24th February, 2005. mrb To 1 The Project Administrator, Union of India, Indian Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Government of India, Hyderabad. 2 Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Dept. of Petro Chemicals, Shastry Bhavan, New Delhi. 3. Two CD copies.