IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No : 26623 of 1997 Between: S. Venkateswara Rao s/o late S. Srinivasa Rao r/o. Ongole, Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Secretary, A.P. Advocates Welfare Fund Bar Council of A.P. High Court, Hyderabad. 2 State of A.P. rep. by its Principal Secretary Law Department Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. .....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 Order or order more Especially one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus Declaring the orders passed by the first respondent in proceedings No, Roc.No. APWF/340/96 dated 28-12-1996 and the Consequential order of the first respondent dated 3-3-1997 in Roc No. APWF/49/97 as illegal, unconstitutional, violative of Sec. 16 of the Act 19 of 1992 and consequentially direct the respondent to pay the death benefit to the petitioner immediately. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.RAVI SHANKAR JANDHYALA Counsel for the Respondents.: MR.L.NANDA KISHORE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No : 26623 of 1997 ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner represents that the cause in this writ petition does not survive and it has become infructuous. Recording the same, the Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. __________________ (N.V. RAMANA, J) Date: 28th March, 2005. mrb To 1 Secretary, A.P. Advocates Welfare Fund Bar Council of A.P. High Court, Hyderabad. 2 The Principal Secretary Law Department, State of A.P., Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 3. Two CD copies.