IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 12570 of 2008 Between: 1 Bethel Waddera Caste Sanitary Workers Society, Regd. No.166/2008, rep. by its President, Kunchapu Sriramulu S/o. Venkateswarulu, aged 44 years, R/o. D.No.24-15-09, Workers Colony, 8th Lane, Nallacheruvu, Guntur. 2 The Vijaya harijana Labour Contract Co.op Society, Regd. No.1-3022, rep. by its President, Boradagunta Prabhakar Rao, S/o. Chinna Nagaiah, aged 45 years, R/o. Sivanagaraju Colony, Guntur. 3 Christianpeta Cement Moulders and Workers Labour Contract Co.op Societies, Regd. No.I-3030, rep. by its President, Borugadda Pradeep, S/o. Rajarathanam, aged 42 years, R/o. D.No.16-4-10, Old Guntur, Guntur. 4 Sairam Waddera Caste Sanitary Workers Society, Regd. No.165/2008, rep. by its Secretary, Kuncchapu Ruthu, W/o. Moshe, aged 27 years, R/o.24-15-26, Nallacheruvu, 4th Lane, Guntur. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Municipal Corporation of Guntur, rep by its Commissioner, Guntur. 2 Municipal Council, rep by its Mayor, Municipal Corporation of Guntur, Guntur. 3 Municipal Engineer, Municipal Corporation of Guntur, Guntur. 4 Municipal Health Officer, Municipal Corporation of Guntur, Guntur. .....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 tender notices and the public notices issued by the 1st respondent Roc.No.322/2008/F2 dt. 28-04-2008 as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents to issue tenders and public notice strictly in accordance with the circular issued by the Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration, A.P., Hyderabad in Roc.No.1994/2007-D1 dt. 24.04.2007 and further direct the 1st respondent to allot the works set apart under Rule 11(2)(vi) of the M.C.H. Tender Rules, 1970 by issuing a public notice. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.P.GOVIND REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.B.VENKATARATNAM The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the cause of action in this writ petition does not survive and therefore, the writ petition is infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ______________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J. Date:16th October, 2008. cs ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRK}