IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.17505 of 2000 Between: Abdul Lateef S/o Mohd. Khasim, R/o Ganguru Village, Penamaluru Mandal, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Krishna (Panchayats) Chilakalapudi, Machilipatnam. 2 The Sub Collector, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 3 The District Panchayat Officer, Krishna District, Machilipatnam. 4 The State Election Commissioner, Rep. by its Secretary, Budha Bhavan, Hyderabad. ....RESPONDENTS 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 any order or direction or a Writ more particularly a writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents herein to reserve the post of Sarpanch of Granguru Gram Panchayat, Penamaluru Mandal, Krishna District to O.C. Candidate, but not to B.C. candidate, as per the decision of the 2nd Respondent herein reserving the post of Sarpanch to B.C. candidate as per paper publication dt. 5-9-2000 published in Eenadu daily Newspaper of Krishna District Edition, after declaring the same as illegal, void and without jurisdiction. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.G.DHARMA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking to direct the respondents to reserve the post of Sarpanch of Ganguru Gram Panchayat, Penamaluru Mandal, Krishna District, to O.C. Candidate instead of reserving the same to a B.C. Candidate for the ensuing Gram Panchayat elections. When the matter is taken up today for hearing, none appears for the petitioner. Learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development submits that by lapse of time the prayer in the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 16.06.2005 Nsr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The District Collector, Krishna (Panchayats) Chilakalapudi, Machilipatnam. 2 The Sub Collector, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 3 The District Panchayat Officer, Krishna District, Machilipatnam. 4 The Secretary, State Election Commissioner, Budha Bhavan, Hyderabad. 5 Two CCs to GP for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 6 2 CD copies