IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 15724 of 1997 Between: M/s. Sunflag Iron & Steel Co., Rep By Its Authorised Representative S.Ganguly, Mount Road, Sadar Nagpur-400 001. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Assistant Commissioner of Customs (Bonds), O/o. Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, Customs House, Port Area, Visakhapatnam-530 035. 2 Commissioner (Appeals), O/o. Collector of Customs & Central Excise, Ayakar Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. 3 Union of India, Rep By Its Secretary, Ministry of Finance, North Block, New Delhi. .....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 to issue appropriate Writ order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to the respondents to constitute the Collector (Appeals) Customs & Central Excise at Hyderabad to hear and dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner on 25/07/1996 against the order of the Asst. Commissioner of Customer (Bonds) in Denovo Adjudication Order No.S4/212/94-Bonds, dated 30/03/1996 and for such other order or orders in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.N.CHANDRADHAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.V. SANJAY KUMAR Writ Petition No. 15724 of 1997 Oral Order: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice Goda Raghuram) It is represented by the learned Assistant Solicitor General of India on behalf of the respondents that the third respondent-Union of India has constituted an appellate authority (Commissioner, Appeals) for customs and central excise matters at Hyderabad. In the circumstances, the essential grievance in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed as infructuous. The interim order granted by this Court on 17.07.1997 stands dissolved. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J. ______________________ P.V. SANJAY KUMAR, J. Date: 11.12.2008 Nsr