IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 4699 of 1997 Between: P.Venkata Seshadri Sastry, S/o. late P.Venkata Ramanaiah, R/o.H.No.29 Subrahmanyanagar Colony, Saidabad, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Governor Reserve Bank of India, Fort, Mumbai - 400 001. 2 The Chief General Manager, Reserve Bank of India, Saifabad, Hyderabad - 500 004. .....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, order or direction more especially one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the seniority list dt. 31-3-1990, which was notified vide Circular No. 54-90/91, dt. 24-1-1991 in respect of class-III Clerks in the Reserve Bank of India service as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and consequently set aside the same and further direct the respondents to fix the seniority of the petitioner in Class-III Staff, Reserve Bank of India with effect from 3-7-1962 which is date of initial appointment and consequently give all further benefits and promotions. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.SRI RAGHU RAM Counsel for the Respondents: MR.K.SRINIVASAMURTHY The Court made the following ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioner questioning the seniority list dated 31.03.1990. But, pending this writ petition, the petitioner retired from service in the year 1998 itself. In view of the retirement of the petitioner from the service, the cause of action does not survive. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ___________________ S. Ananda Reddy, J Date: 20.09.2004 va To 1 The Governor Reserve Bank of India, Fort, Mumbai - 400 001. 2 The Chief General Manager, Reserve Bank of India, Saifabad, Hyderabad - 500 004. 3 Two CD Copies