IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 20470 of 2003 Between: Dr. K. Santi Swarup, S/o. Lakshminarayana, R/o. Prembagh, Visakhapatnam. ..... PETITIONER AND Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, Rep. by its Commissioner, Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENT Counsel for the Petitioner:MS M.GEETHA FOR MR.D.V.SITHARAM MURTHY Counsel for the Respondent: MR.N.RANGA REDDY (SC FOR MPL. CORP. VSP) The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “Hence it is prayed that this Hon’ble Court in the interests of justice be pleased to issue an appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring as illegal and arbitrary the action of the Respondent in disallowing ground and first floors as per order in B.A. No. 11375/2002 dated 26.03.2003 as being contrary to rules and issue a consequential direction to the Respondent to forthwith sanction the plan as submitted by the Petitioner as the same being in consonance with rules.” At the hearing, Ms M.Geetha, learned counsel appearing for Sri D.V.Sitharam Murthy, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 5th March, 2009 vrn