IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) SATURDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 9332 of 2007 Between: Alluri Lakshmana Prasad, S/o.A.S.Chowdary, R/o.8-2-325/1,Plot No.459, Road No.3, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Regional Passport Officer, Hyderabad, A.P. 2 The Inspector of Police, Passport Verification Cell,Special Branch,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 may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction declaring the action of the respondents herein in not processing the passport application in File No.E.023651 submitted by the petitioner on 26-7-2006 as arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents herein to issue the passport in favour of the petitioner forthwith and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.T.NIRANJAN REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the cause of action in this writ petition does not survive since the respondents have considered the application of the petitioner and issued passport. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ______________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J. Date:18 th October, 2008. cs ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRK}