IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.4132 of 1999 Between: 1 Balaram son of A.K. Periappa Nattar Garappa Naidu Street, Chittoor. 2 S.Manohar son of A.K. srinivasa Nattar Bazar Street, Chittoor. 3 G.Palani son of Govindaswamy Nattar Gurappa Naidu Street, Chittoor. 4 C.Nagaraja son of S.Chandran Gurappa Naidu Street, Chittoor. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector, (Panchayat Wing), Chittoor Dist. 2 The District Panchayath Officer, Chittoor, Chittoor Dist. 3 Diguva Masapalle Grampanchayath, rep. by its Executive Officer, Chittoor Mandal, Chittoor Dist. 4 M.Kumar Mandadi son of M.Munirathnam Mandadi Eguva Masapalle Village, Diguva Masapalle Post, Chittoor, Chittoor Dist. 5 R.Nagaraja Naidu son of R.Munaswamy Naidu Diguva Masapalle, Pedda Cheruvu, Water Users Association, Eguvakandiga Village, Diguvamasapalle Posts, Chittoor Mandal , Chittoor Dist. ....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 a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or order or direction, directing the respondents not to interfere with the exclusive right of the petitioners for fishing rights over the Pedda Cheruvu of Diguvamasapalle Village, Chittoor Mandal and District, by declaring the action of the respondents in trying to interfere with the fishing rights of the petitioners as illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.RAMA MOORTHY REDDY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 and 2: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus to direct the respondents not to interfere with the fishing rights of the petitioners over Pedda Cheruvu of Diguvamasapalle village, Chittoor Mandal and District. When the matter is taken up today for hearing, none appears for the petitioners. Learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development submits that by lapse of time the prayer in the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 16.06.2005 Nsr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The District Collector, (Panchayat Wing), Chittoor Dist. 2 The District Panchayath Officer, Chittoor, Chittoor Dist. 3 The Executive Officer, Chittoor Mandal, Diguva Masapalle Grampanchayath, Chittoor Dist. 4 Two CCS to GP for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 5 2 CD copies