IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO: 6169 of 1997 Between: M/s.Integrated Geo Instruments & Services Pvt. Ltd., Rep. by its Managing Director, Dr.K.R.Ramanuja Chary, No.70 Huda Complex, Tarnaka, Hyderabad-7. ... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Department of Irrigation, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Director, Ground Water Department, B Block, 7th and 8th Floors, Sri Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Govt. Offices Complex, Hyderabad-500 063. ...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 a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or order or direction declaring that the action of second respondent in ignoring the report of the nation- wide committee appointed by the Central Ground Water Board, Government of India, and in ignoring the instructions of Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India, formulating the technical specifications for Digital Automatic Water Level Recorders in such a way to suit overseas manufacturers and suppliers and imported equipments and calling for global tenders ignoring indigenous manufacturers, especially the technocrat petitioner, as arbitrary, illegal, unjust and is unsustainable and also against the norms prescribed by the Government of India, and issue a Consequential direction directing the second respondent to cancel the tender notification bearing ref.No.HP/AP/GW/E.ICS/G-96-97, dated:6.1.1997 and issue a fresh tender notification for supply of Digital Automatic Water Level Recorders, calling tenders from indigenous manufacturers including the petitioner company and consider the same on merits. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.KALYAN RAM (Not present) Counsel for the Respondents: MR.ARAJASHEKAR REDDY (SC FOR CG) The Court made the following: ORDER: None appears for the petitioner. 2. In view of the interim order dated 24-06-1997, passed by this Court, vacating the stay earlier granted, which is a reasoned order discussed in detail, nothing survives in the present writ petition. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. ________________ N.V. RAMANA, J March 7, 2005 MRR Copy to: 1 The, Secretary Government of Andhra Pradesh, Department of Irrigation, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Director, Ground Water Department, B Block, 7th and 8th Floors, Sri Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Govt. Offices Comples, Hyderabad-500 063. 3 Two C.D. Copies.