IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA,THE CHIEF JUSTICE WRIT PETITION NO : 12989 of 2001 Between: 1. Sri Jala Ramulu, S/o. Durgaiah, aged about 50 years, Occu: Agriculture, Member Gram Panchayat, Chityala, R/o.Chityala(V), Vatsavai Mandal, Krishna District. 2.Sri Sindhu Hanumaiah, S/o. Gopaiah, aged about 50 years, Occu: Agriculture, President, Water Users Association (Ura Cheruvu)R/o. Singavaram(V)Vatsavai (M), Krishna Dist. 3.Jala Punnaiah, S/o. Ramaiah, aged about 35 yrs, Occu: Agriculture, R/o. Chityala(V), Vatsavai (M), Krishna District. 4.Jala Nagaiah, S/o. Venkaiah, aged about 30 years, Occu: Agriculture,R/o. Chityala(V), Vatsavai (M), Krishna District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1. The District Collector, and Chairperson District Committee, Krishna District at Machilipatnam. 2. The District Panchayat Officer, Krishna District at Machilipatnam. 3. The Mandal Revenue Officer, Vatsavai Mandal, Krishna District. .....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 issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus by declaring the impugned tender notification issued by the 1st respondent vide tender notice R.K.No. 1608/2001/P-I Dt. 15-6-2001 calling for the tenders for the grant of lease hold rights for quarrying the sand to the extent of Chityala Village, Vatsavai Mandal, Krishna District as arbitrary, illegal and contrary to the guidelines issued by the Joint Inspection report and also contrary to the Art.21 of Constitution of India and quash the same. For the Petitioners :MR.J.ASHVINI KUMAR, Advocate. For the Respondents : THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following : O R D E R : The learned counsel for the parties say that the petition has been rendered infructuous. The Writ Petition is disposed of as such. --------------------- 08.07.2004 To 1. The District Collector, and Chairperson District Committee, Krishna District at Machilipatnam. 2. The District Panchayat Officer, Krishna District at Machilipatnam. 3. The Mandal Revenue Officer, Vatsavai Mandal, Krishna District. 4. Two CCs to The Advocate General, High Court of A.P., HYDERABAD (O.U.T). 5. Two CD copies. tvr/drk