IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.6755 of 1999 Between: Sri Veerabhadraswamy Textiles Private Limited Manufacturers and Wholesale Cloth Merchants, Rep. by its Proprietor A.Dhanangaya, S/o. A.Bhadraiah, 17-334, B.K.M.Street, Cuddapah. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, Tirupati, Chittoor District. 2 Sri Durga Textiles, Chirala, Prakasam District. (Dismissed for default as per Court Order dt.21-2-2003 as against R-2) .....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 Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction declaring the action of the 1st Respondent in awarding the contract pursuant to the tender notice dated 5-12-1998 in favour of the 2nd Respondent as illegal arbitrary and consequently direct the 1st Respondent to consider the tender of the petitioner for award of contract and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court feels deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.SRINIVASA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.1: MR.M.ADINARAYANA RAJU Counsel for the Respondent No.2: None The Court made the following: ORDER: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams issued a tender notice dated 05.12.1998 inviting sealed tenders for supply of cloth to its employees. The contract is for a period of two years and the same expired long back. In that view of the matter, the cause of action does not survive. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed as infructuous. _____________ (V.V.S.RAO,J) 08.6.2005 YS To 1. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, Tirupati, Chittoor District. 2. Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Endowments, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. (OUT) 3. Two C.D.Copies.