THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.26893 of 2008 Dated 30th June, 2011 Between: B.Koti Shiva Prasad and others …Petitioners And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Ground Water Department, rep.by its Director, Hyderabad and others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri C.V.R.Rudra Prasad Counsel for respondent Nos.1 & 2: AGP for Irrigation & CAD Counsel for respondent No.3: GP for Mines & Geology The Court made the following: ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “…to issue an appropriate writ, order, or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the auction notice No.864/Q/08-III, dated 19.11.2008, in seeking to conduct auctions as arbitrary, illegal, violative of the judgment of this Hon’ble Court made in W.P.No.18359 of 2002, Rule 9B of the A.P.Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966, Section 11 and 27 of the A.P.Water, Land and Trees Act, 2002, and Rule 23 of the A.P.Water, Land and Trees Rules, 2002, colourable exercise of power, violative of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed to the petitioners under Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution of India and consequently set aside the same.” At the hearing, Sri C.V.R.Rudra Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioners, submitted that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication. In view of the same, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, interim order, dated 10.12.2008, shall stand vacated and W.P.M.P.No.35223 of 2008 and W.V.M.P.No.357 of 2009 are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 30th June, 2011 VGB