IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 17991 of 1999 Between: Ch.Vidyasagar Rao S/o.Jagan Rao,aged about 40 years, Class-III Contractor,R/o.H.No.2-10-1154, Jyothi Nagar, Karimnagar, Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Superintending Engineer,Panchayat Raj Circle, Warangal, Warangal District. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more in the nature of Mandamus declaring that the petitioner is eligible and entitled to execute the package works mentioned in the Tender Notification No.2/99, dated 10.7.1999 issued by the respondent without insisting the Solvency Certificates from any Nationalised Bank, by holding the action of the respondent in insisting the petitioner to submit solvency certificates to the various package works for which the petitioner submitted the Tender Schedules contrary to the Tender Notification dated 10.7.1999 is as illegal, unjust, arbitrary, discriminatory and subversive of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. For the Petitioner: MR.CH.JAGANNADHA RAO, Advocate. For the Respondent: Govt. Pleader for Panchayat Raj. The Court made the following : ORDER Pursuant to the judgment of this court dt. 10-3-98 in WP No.12975/96 and batch, reported in SRI JANAKIRAMA VADDARA LABOUR CONTRACT CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY V. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (1998(3) ALT 808 DB), the Government issued G.O.Ms.No.52 Transport, Roads & Buildings (B.I-1) dt. 18-3-2000 granting certain concessions to the Labour Contract Co-operative Societies of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes with regard to deposit of EMD amount at the time of filing tenders. In view of the same, no cause survives for adjudication. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ________________ 07-07-2004 cs/kmr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To 1.The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj Circle, Warangal, Warangal District. 2.2 CCs to the Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (O.U.T.). 3.2CD copies.