IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.5007 of 2009 Between: M/s. Ravi Kumar Gas Agency, Puttur, rep. by its Sole Proprietor, Sri P. Ravi Kumar S/o. P. Samivelu, R/o. N.G.O.'s Colony, Puttur, Chittoor District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Joint Collector, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 2 The District Supply Officer, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 3 The Thasildar, Puttur, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District. 4 The Sales Officer, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, H.No.3/43, Upstairs, Ashoknagar, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.J.SREENIVASA RAO The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “For the reasons stated in the accompanying affidavit, the above named petitioner prays that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the orders passed by the 1st respondent in Progs.No.C2/1320/2006 dated 31.12.2006 is arbitrary, illegal, un-constitutional, violative of principles of natural justice and contrary to the A.P. Petroleum Products (Licensing and Regulation of Supplies) Order 1980 and set aside the same, consequently direct the respondents permit the petitioner to carry on his Gas Agency Business i.e., M/s. Ravi Kumar Gas Agency, Puttur, Chittoor District, till the disposal of the proceedings D2/1320/2006 pending before the 1st respondent / Joint Collector.” At the hearing, Sri J.Sreenivasa Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that in view of subsequent filing of Writ Petition No.6540 of 2009, the cause in the present writ petition has become infructuous. Having regard to this submission of the learned counsel, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition as infructuous, WPMP.No.6555 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 13th JULY, 2009. kvni