IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 18886 of 2002 Between : Smt. N. Aparna W/o.N. Shivaram, R/o.6-1-101/61, Padmarao Nagar, Secunderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Regional Passport Officer, Passport Office, Hyderabad. 2 The Union of India Rep., by its Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi. 3 N.Shivaram M/s. ADEA GROUP LINE, 4835 LBJ FW 4, STE No.850, DALLAS, Texas-75244, USA. .....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 one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to Section 10(3) (e) of Passport Act,1967, the action of the 1st Respondent in not revoking or impounding the passport of the 3rd Respondent and issue a consequential direction to the 1st Respondent to forthwith impound or revoke the passport of the 3rd respondent. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.AKA.VENKATARAMANA Counsel for the Respondents: SRI A.RAJASEKHAR REDDY (ASST.SOLICITOR GENERAL) The Court made the following : ORDER : Sri M. Rajesh, learned counsel representing Sri Aka Venkataramana, counsel for petitioner on record, submits that the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. _____________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J 17th June 2009 ajr