IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO: 9038 of 2000 Between: 1 Chandana Industries, Rep by its K.R.Laxminarayana, R/o. 6-8-275, Ravindra Nagar, Nalgonda. 2 Style Lamp Industries, Rep by its T.K.Kishore, Komarada Road, Rayalam, Bhimavaram, W.G.District. 3 Aeropack Industries, Rep by its T.Narayana Murthy, R/o. Rayalam, Bhimavaram, W.G.District. ... PETITIONERS AND The Tuni Municipality, Rep by its Commissioner, Tuni, E.G.District. ...RESPONDENT 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 particularly a Writ in the Nature of Writ of Mandamus: (i) declaring the action of the respondent in not purchasing the street lighting materials, mentioned at item No.9 in Tender Notice No.ROC/570/2000-F1 dated 9-5-2000 published in Eenadu of 18-5-2000 from the petitioners/small scale industries on the basis of rate contract or by way of limited tenders system as arbitrary, illegal and contrary to the Government Orders and the statutory rules framed under the A.P.Municipalities Tender Rules, 1967; (ii) direct the respondent authourities to accept and evaluate the quotations from the petitioners in pursuance of Tender Notification dated 9-5-2000 of the respondent. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.A.SUDERSHAN REDDY (Not present) Counsel for the Respondent: MR.T.S.VENKATA RAMANA / S. Nageshwar Reddy The Court made the following: Order: None appears for the petitioners, no representation either. It is submitted by the learned Standing Counsel that due to lapse of time, the relief sought in the writ petition has become infructuous. 2. Recording the same, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. ________________ N.V. RAMANA, J July 4, 2005 MRR Assistant Registrar // True Copy // Section Officer Copy to. – The Commissioner, Tuni Municipality, Tuni, E.G.District. Two C.D. Copies.