IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 22700 of 1998 Between: A.P.S.R.T.C., Rep. by its Managing Director, Mushirabad., Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 State Transport Appellate Tribunal, Rep. by its Presiding Officer, A.P. , Hyderabad. 2 Regional Transport Authority, Rep. by its Secretary, East Godavari District at Kakinada, 3 Smt. V. Atchutha Kumari, Bus operator, C./o. P. Rajagopala Chary, Advocate, Ramnagar Community Hall, Ramnagar, Hyderabad. 4 The Principal Secretary, Govt. of A.P. Trasport (R&B) Iv Department, A.P. Hyderabad. 5 The Transport Commissioner, A.P. Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, especially in the nture of a writ of certiorari, calling for the records relating to the impugned order dt.6.4.1998 made in A.P. No. 84/96, state Transport Appellate Tribunal, A.P., Hyderabad, setting aside the order in R.No. 15417/A1/95, dt. 18.9.95 of the Regional Transport Authority, East Godavri at Kakinada and directing issue of permit to 3rd respondent on the so-called town service route, Kakinda Town Railway Station to Samalkot Gandhi Statue, as being hit by the provisions of the section104, M.V.Act, 1988. It is further prayed to declare that Rule 258( 2 ) (ii) of A.P.M.V. Rules, 1989, in so far as it confers power on the Transport Commissioner to convert a mofussil route as town service route as ultravires M.V.Act, 1988 and against the law laid down by Supreme Court and quash the same as being illegal, without jurisdication adn invalid and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.HARINATH Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR TRANSPORT The Court made the following : O R D E R: Sri.K.Srinivas Rao, the learned Standing Counsel for A.P.S.R.T.C.- the petitioner herein, states that the cause in the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording his submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. ________________ 8th April, 2009. Krb. THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION No. 22700 of 1998 Dated: 8.4.2009/