IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 13400 of 2000 Between: Chinni Jayalakshmi W/o.Janakipathi Rao, 25th Ward, Vizianagaram. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Municipal Council, rep. by its Chair Person, Vizianagaram Municipality, Vizianagaram. 2 Commissioner, Vizianagaram Municipality, Vizanagaram. 3 District Collector, Vizianagaram District, Vizanagaram. .....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 a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ and declare that the action of the 1st Respondent in Resolution No.59 dated 14-6-2000 purporting to ignore the nomination of the petitioner for co-option as woman member in the municipal council of Vizianagaram on the ground that the council is in search of a more knowledgeable woman candidate, is arbitrary and illegal and direct the respondents to abide by the notification of the 2nd Respondent in R.O.C.No.7564/99/G1 dated:20.5.2000 and direct the 1st Respondent to accept the nomination of the petitioner and take the petitioner as the woman co-opted member of Vizianagaram Municipal Council. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.V.VENKATARAMANA Counsel for Respondents 1 & 2 : MR.VENKATESWARA RAO GUDAPATI Counsel for Respondent No.3 : GP FOR MUNCIPAL ADMN. & URBAN DEV. The Court made the following : ORDER: None appears for the petitioner. The learned Standing Counsel for respondents submits that by lapse of time and in view of the interim order granted by this Court in W.P.M.P.No. 17079 of 2000 dated 25.7.2000, nothing survives for adjudication in this writ petition and it has become infructuous. Recording the submissions made by the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents, this Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. _____________ N.V.RAMANA, J Date: 19.7.2005 DA/TVK To 1 The Chair Person, Municipal Council, Vizianagaram Municipality, Vizianagaram. 2 The Commissioner, Vizianagaram Municipality, Vizanagaram. 3 District Collector, Vizianagaram District, Vizanagaram. 4 Two CCs to the G.P. for Mun.Admn. & Urban Dev. Department, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 5 Two CD copies.