IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.12591 of 2008 Between: R. Subba Reddy, S/o. R. Venkat Reddy, R/o. K. Kothapalli , Muddanur Mandal, Kadapa District ... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad, Rep. by its Secretary, 2 The District Collector (PW.), Kadapa, 3 The State Election Commission, Andhra Pradesh Budha Bhavan, Hyderabad, Rep. by its Secretary. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring action of the 3rd respondent in issuing Notiﬁcation No.105/SEC-B2/2008 dated 2.6.2008 seeking to conduct elections to the Penukalapadu and K. Thimmapuram Gram Panchayats, Muddanuru Mandal, Kadapa District ignoring the factum of bifurcation being done for formation of K. Kothapalli Gram Panchayat , as arbitrary, illegal, colourable exercise of power against public interest violative of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed to the said villages under Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently set aside the election notiﬁcation dated 2.6.2008. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.KUMBHAM SRINIVAS REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following: Order: (Per HC, J) Learned Advocate appearing for the petitioner has submitted that the petition has become infructuous. In the circumstances, the petition stands disposed of as having become infructuous. __________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ. _______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J. October 14, 2008 MRR