IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLESRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 7148 of 2009 Between: M/s. Gudimetla Venkata Reddy Tadipalligudem, West Godavari District, represented by its Proprietor Sri G.Venkata Reddy. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Commercial Tax Officer, Tadepalligudem. 2 Deputy Commissioner (CT) Eluru. 3 Joint Commissioner (CT) (Legal), Hyderabad. 4 The Manager, The Infrastructure & Projects Limited (IVRCL), D.No.8-2-350/5/A/24/1B, Road No.2, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus granting stay of collection of the disputed tax of Rs.4,47,051/- for the assessment years 1998- 99(APGST) arising in pursuance of the appeal order of the Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal in T.A.No.703/2005 dt. 12.12.2008 read with the revision order passed by the second respondent dated 31.01.2005 pending disposal of the Tax Revision Case filed before this Hon'ble Court or to pass. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.KRISHNA MURTHY Counsel for the Respondents.: GP FOR COMMERCIAL TAX The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (Per Sri Anil R. Dave, CJ) Learned advocate for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw the petition as according to him the petition has become infructuous for the reason that the tax sought to be collected has already been collected by the respondent authorities. The petition stands disposed of as having become infructuous with no order as to costs. ANIL R. DAVE, CJ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J 7th April, 2009. ks