IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 18062 of 1997 Between: Dupana Yerrayya Reddy, S/o.Late Gurayya, R/o. Kollipaud Village, Santhabommali Mandal, Srikakulam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Election officer, Water Users Association, Ramasagaram Reservoir, Kollipadu villageSanthabommali Mandal, Srikakulam Dist. 2 District Collector & Election Authority, Srikakulam Dist. 3 Vysyaraju Govindaraju, S/o. Appala Raju, R/o. Lakkivalasa Village, Via Naupada, Srikakulam 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 a Proper Writ, order or direction more particularly a Writ in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in not ordering recount of Votes for the election held on 17.6.97 for the post of President Water Users Association, Ramasagaram Reservoir, Kollipadu Village as illegal and arbitrary and Consequently direct the respondents herein to order recount of Votes for the post of President, Water users Association, Ramsagaram Reservoir. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.RAVI SHANKAR (not present) Counsel for the Respondent Nos 1 & 2 .: GP FOR IRRIGATION & COMM AREA DEV. Counsel for respondent No.3 : Mr.Badana Bhaskara Rao The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioner in the present writ petition questions the action of the respondents in not ordering recount of votes for the elections held on 17-6-1997, for the post of President Water Users Association, Ramasagaram Reservoir, Kollipadu village. None appeared for petitioner. Learned Government Pleader for Irrigation submitted that the cause in the writ petition does not survive and it has become infructuous. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ____________ N.V.RAMANA,J 18-3-2005 TVK ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Election officer, Water Users Association, Ramasagaram Reservoir, Kollipadu village,Santhabommali Mandal, Srikakulam Dist. 2 The District Collector & Election Authority, Srikakulam Dist. 3) 2 CD copies 4 ) 1 CC to MR.BHASKARA RAO 5). 2 CCs to G.P. for Irrigation, High Court Buildigns, Hyderabad. Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MUK}