IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBR, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.4545 of 2000 Between: Dr.P.V.R.Bhaskara Rao. … Petitioner And The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, reptd., by its Managing Director, Khairtabad, Hyderabad and another. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri A.Satya Prasad. Counsel for respondents: Sri P.Kishore Rao. This Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is ﬁled for the following substantive relief: “ … to issue a Writ, or Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents categorization of the water supply connection to the premises H.No.3-5- 1092/2/A, Venkateswara Colony, Narayanguda, Hyderabad, as Commercial/Industrial/Non- domestic when water supply connection given to the premises in question as Domestic Supply as illegal, arbitrary and further declaring the action of the respondent in charging the bill on average basis as contrary to Rule 29 of the Rules and consequently direct the respondents to treat the water supply connection to premises H.No.3-5- 1092/2/A, Venkateswara Colony, Narayanaguda, Hyderabad, as Domestic category and charge the bill basing upon the actual meter reading as per the provisions of the Act and Rules made thereunder”. On 1-9-2008 when the Writ Petition was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner represented that the sole petitioner died and that steps are being taken to bring his legal representatives on record. This Court, therefore, adjourned the case to 15-9-2008. Today, when the case is called, the learned counsel for the petitioner stated that though he informed the legal representatives of the deceased-petitioner, they have not come forward to file an L.R. application. In view of the said submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the Writ Petition is dismissed as abated. ----------------------- ----------------- C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date:15-09-2008 MNR