IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 18582 of 1997 Between: 1 T.V.L.Narayana, S/o. Satyanarayana, R/o. Lankalakoderu Village, Palakole Mandal, West Godavari District 2 V.Chalapathi Rao, S/o. Venkata Subbaiah, R/o. Shantinagar, Eluru, West Godavari District 3 K.Raghu Prasad, S/o. Tatabbai, R/o. Old Town, Tanuku, West Godavari District 4 A.Venkata Raju, S/o. Rama Chandra Raju, R/o. Sjjapuram, Tanuku, West Godavari District 5 K.V.S.Butchi Rayaudu, S/o. Subba Rao, R/o. Mandarapuvari Veedhi, Tanuku, West Godavari District ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Principal Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Chief Engineer, Panchayat Raj (R & B), Hyderabad 3 The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Praja Parishad, West Godavari District, Eluru 4 The District Collector, West Godavari District, Eluru 5 The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj(R&B) Department, Eluru Circle, Eluru, West Godavari District. 6 The Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Eluru, West Godavri District .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 in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring theG.o.Ms.196, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development (Progs.II) Department, dated 27th May, 1997 issued by the 1st Respondent herein, in so far as it seeks to divert the funds granted for Rural Road Maintenance Grants to the Janmabhoomi scheme, as illegal, void and violative of the Constitution of India, and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.RAMANARAYANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : ORDER: The present writ petition is filed questioning G.O.Ms.No.196 Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (Progs.II) Department dated 27th May 1997 in so far it seeks to divert the funds granted for rural road maintenance grants to the Janmabhoomi scheme. Learned counsel for petitioners called absent. Learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj, submits that subsequent to filing of the present writ petition, the respective pending bills of the petitioners were settled and the cause in the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the statement of the learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ____________ N.V.RAMANA,J 18-3-2005 TVK ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Principal Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Chief Engineer, Panchayat Raj (R & B), Hyderabad 3 The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Praja Parishad, West Godavari District, Eluru 4 The District Collector, West Godavari District, Eluru 5 The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj(R&B) Department, Eluru Circle, Eluru, West Godavari District. 6 The Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Eluru, West Godavri District 7.. 2 CCs to The Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj, High Court of A.P. Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 8) 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{SAM