IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND SIX P R E S E N T THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA * * * WP.No.20521 OF 1997 Between: Hyderabad Metro Water Supply & Sewerage Board Staff & Workers Association (Regdn.No.B-1232) rep by its General Secretary, Sri VVVS. Raju, Khairtabad, Hyderabad. … Petitioner Versus The Commissioner of Labour, Govt. of AP Hyderabad & Ors. … Respondents THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No.20521of 2000 OR D E R : This writ petition is filed seeking to declare the action of the respondents 1 and 2 in threatening not to allow the petitioner union from contesting the election under the guise of threat of contempt of court unless he take any clarification from the Hon’ble High Court as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and principles of natural justice and to pass such other suitable orders. When the matter is tak/en-up for hearing, the learned standing counsel for the respondents submits that due to lapse of time nothing survives for adjudication in the writ petition and the matter has become infructuous. Recording the above submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. 05-7-2006. IsL/Nsr.