IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 11709 of 2008 Between: B. Venkataiah S/o. Bakkaiah R/o. Gundamrajpally (V), Narsimhulapeta (M), Warangal District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Manipal Housing Finance Syndicate Ltd., 9-1-67/2, I floor, 103, Shyam Chaubras Vihar, S.D. Road, Secunderabad-3. 2 Manipal Housing Finance Syndicate Ltd., Regd. Office: Manipal House, Manipal-576104, Udupi District, Karnataka State. ...RESPONDENTS 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 pass an order or give a direction or issue a writ, more particularly a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in issuing impugned auction notice dt. 05.05.2008 (served on 20.05.2008) as arbitrary, illegal and null and void and consequently set aside the same. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.SHAIK ANWAR PASHA Counsel for the Respondent Nos: . The Court made the following : Order: Questioning the auction notice issued by the respondents seeking to auction the plot of the petitioner in an extent of 161 square yards situated in Sy.No.373 of Pasumamula Village, the present writ petition is filed. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. The respondent is a private finance company registered in the State of Karnataka. It is not an instrumentality of the State or a State as defined under the Article 12 of the Constitution of India. Therefore, the writ petition against a private finance company is not at all maintainable. Hence, on the ground of maintainability itself, the writ petition cannot be entertained and it is accordingly dismissed. N.V.RAMANA,J Dt.10.6.2008 msv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CD copies