IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 12075 of 1998 Between: N.Balasatyanarayana, S/o. Shivarama Krishna, Eluru , West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Senior Divisional Railway Manager, Commercial, Vijayawada. 2 The Chief Commercial Manager, Railways, Secunderabad. 3 The General Manger, South Central Railway, Secunderabad. .....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, particularly a Writ in the nature of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in terminating the contract and also refusing to renew the petitioner's PF Stall contract through the orders of the 1st respondent dt.1.1.1998 in Proc.no.B1/4/C/VRR/EE/II as arbitrary illegal, violative of principles of natural justice and promissory estoppel and contract to Rule 6 of Renewal Order dt.25.6.1993 and also contrary to the guidelines issued by the Railway Board in their Letter No. 91/TG/III/600/15,dt.6.1.92 and consequently direct the respondents to renew the petitioner's licence of PF Stall contract at Eluru Railway Station. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.M.L.ALI Counsel for Respondents : Mr.SRINIVAS DAMMALAPATI The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no cause survives in this writ petition and it has become infructuous. Recording the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. _____________ N.V.RAMANA, J Date: 26.4.2005 DA/SVV To 1 The Senior Divisional Railway Manager, Commercial, Vijayawada. 2 The Chief Commercial Manager, Railways, Secunderabad. 3 The General Manger, South Central Railway, Secunderabad. 4 Two CD copies.