IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 11454 of 1999 Between: No. 6386530-A Naik (SKT) C D PATEL R/o. Att; 1 Trg Regt, HQ Artillery Centre, Hyderabad (AP) ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Union of India, Th;The Secretary Ministry of Defence, Government of India, New Delhi - 11 2 The General Officer, Commanding HQ A TN K.K & G Area, Island Ground, Chennai- 9 (TN), 3 The Commanding, Officer, 1 Training Regiment, HQ Artilery Centre, Hyderabad (AP). 4 Colms shastri presiding Officer GCM, MCEME Sec-Bad .....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 pleased to issue a direction order or writ more appropriately a writ of mandamus directing the respondents herein to; set aside the proceedings of the General Court Martial held in compliance of the order dated 23Jun 1998 for the trial of and Consequential punishment proposed to be awarded to the petitioner, as being without jurisdiction, unlawful, unreasonable and therefore unconstitutional and pass such other direction, order or orders that may be deemed to be just and necessary and also in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.CAPT.K.M.SAXENA Counsel for the Respondents: MR.S.S.VARMA (SC FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT) The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.11454 of 1999 ORDER: Sri G.Sai Narayana, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Sri Capt.K.M.Saxena, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the writ petition has become infructuous. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed as infructuous. _________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J 29th February, 2008 v v To 1. 2 CCs to 2. 2 CD copies.