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.17688 of 2000 Between: N. Siva Prasad, S/o. Satyanarayana, R/o. J.Rangarayyapuram, Gramma Panchayat, Bobbili Mandal, Vizianagaram District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State Election Commissioner, Buddha Bhavan, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Vizianagaram. 3 The Commissioner of Panchayat Raj Department, Government of A.P., 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 an order or direction, or Writ, more particularly a Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in reserving the Village J. Rangarayapuram Grama Panchayat in Bobbili Mandal for Scheduled Caste even though two voters are available in the Village out of 633 voters in the Village as per census of 1999 is bad and illegal as per Article 243-D read with Sec.9 of A.P.Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, and consequently direct the respondent to declare J.Rangarayapuram Grama Panchayat as General in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.KURITIBHASKARA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following: ORDER: Questioning the action of the respondents in reserving the village J. Rangarayapuram Gram Panchayat in Bobbili Mandal for Scheduled Caste candidates for the Gram Panchayat elections proposed to be held in the year 2000, the present writ petition is filed. 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 State Election Commissioner, Buddha Bhavan, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Vizianagaram. 3 The Commissioner of Panchayat Raj Department, Government of A.P., Hyderabad. 4 Two CCs to GP for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 5 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KCS}