IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 19228 of 1998 Between: 1 B. Rajani W/o B. Rammohan R/o 16-2-146/26/1, Malakpet, Hyderabad 2.. Sheshagiri Rao S/o Tirumala Rao R/o 16-10-1/2/1, Malakpet, Hyderabad ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Superintending Engineer (R&B) Headquarters Circle, Hyderabad 2 Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Red Hills, Hyderabad ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, more particularly a writ of mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in not applying G.O.Ms.No.178, dt: 27-9- 1997 to the petitioners and in not allowing the petitioners to tender for the works up to Rs.40.40 lakhs as arbitrary, discriminatory, unconstitutional and against the principles of natural justice. Therefore, direct the respondents to allow the petitioners to tender works as per G.O.Ms.No.178, dt: 27-9-1997 and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:SMT.A.PANKAJA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR ROADS & BUILDINGS The Court made the following : ORDER: The present writ petition is filed questioning G.O.Ms.No.178 dated 27-9-1997 in not allowing the petitioners to tender for the works up to Rs.40.40 lakhs. Learned counsel for petitioner submitted that this Court while admitting the writ petition, granted interim direction to allow the petitioners to submit tenders costing up to Rs.40.40 lakhs provided they fulfill the conditions prescribed in G.O.ms.No.22 dated 6-2-1998. It is further submitted that in view of the interim directions, no further orders are required and the matter has become in-fructuous. Recording the submission of the learned counsel for petitioner, the writ petition is closed. ____________ N.V.RAMANA,J 24-2-2005 TVK .... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 Superintending Engineer (R&B) Headquarters Circle, Hyderabad 2 Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Red Hills, Hyderabad 3) 2 copies Government Pleader for R & B , High Court of A.P.Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 4). 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TML}