IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.19643 of 1999 Between: K. Maruthi & others. … Petitioners AND A.P. State Road Transport Corporation, Rep., by its Managing Director, Mushirabad, Hyderabad & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners : Sri G. Praveen Kumar for Sri A.K. Jayaprakash Rao Counsel for the respondents : Smt. WV.S. Rajeswari This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.19643 of 1999 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to declare the inaction of respondent Nos.2 and 3 in calling the petitioners for trade test in the category of Electrician (DC) scheduled to be conducted on 19.09.1999, as illegal. A perusal of the proceeding sheet shows that on 17.09.1999 this Court granted interim direction to the respondents to permit the petitioners to participate in the trade test scheduled to be held on 19.09.1999, subject to the petitioners having made application within the stipulated time. It is further directed that the result of the trade test will be subject to the result of the writ petition. Morethan nine years elapsed since the date of the said interim order. Though the learned counsel for the petitioners says that there is no information about the present position, in view of the interim direction, it is reasonable to presume that the petitioners would have appeared for the trade test. In this view of the matter, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. The writ petition is therefore dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition as infructuous, WPMP.No.24606 of 1999 filed by the petitioners for interim is also dismissed as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 22.12.2008 ES