IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.25419 of 2001 Between: Shri D.Shanker, S/o Sataiah Janata Dal (U) R/o 14-1-351/1, Sitarampet, Agapura Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, Rep.by its Special Officer and Commissioner, Hyderabad. 2 Municipal Administrative Department, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Secretariat, Government of A.P. Hyderabad 3 Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Chief Secretary, Secretariat. ....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 an order or direction particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondent Nos.1 to 3 in reserving seats for women Back Ward Classes and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes on the basis of Census figure of 1991 and the Survey conducted by Respondent No. 1 as arbitrary unjust violative of the Article 243 T of the Constitution of India in respect of number of seats Reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.B.KISHANLAL (Not present) Counsel for the Respondents: ADVOCATE GENERAL/Mr. V.V. Prabhakar (Not present) The Court made the following: ORDER: Challenging the action of the respondents herein in wrongly reserving the seats for Women, Backward Class, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates for the ensuing elections to the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad proposed to be held in the month of February, 2002, the present writ petition is filed. When the matter is taken up today for hearing, none appears for the petitioner as well as the respondents. By lapse of time the prayer in the writ petition has become infructuous. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 01.07.2005 Nsr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Special Officer and Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Principal Secretary, Municipal Administrative Department, Secretariat, Government of A.P. Hyderabad 3 The Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 4 Two CCs to the Advocate General, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 5 Two CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MSKM}