IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No: 6701 of 2002 BETWEEN: 1 BASF India Ltd., Rep. its Manager - Legal Sri A S R Nair Rhone-Poulence House, S.K.Ahire Marg, MUMBAI - 400 025. 2 Agri More Limited, Rep.by Sri A S R Nair, 3rd floor, Ashoka Chambers, Rasala Marg, Ellisbridge, Ahemadabad - 6. ... PETITIONERS AND The Commissioner & Director of Agriculture, Near Fateh Maidan, Hyderabad -500 001. ...RESPONDENT 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 any appropriate Writ, order or direction, more particularly a write in the nature of Certiorari, calling for the records relating and leading to the order passed by the respondent in PP II (1) 35/2002, dated 15.03.2002 received on 22.03.2002 and quash the same as being arbitrary, illegal, unconstitutional and further declare the same being contrary to the provisions of Insecticides Act, 1968, and the Insecticides Rules, 1971; or, in the alternative, this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to direct that the order of the respondent in Pro. bearing PP II (1) 35/2002, dated 15.02.2002 received on 22.03.2002 shall be conﬁned only to Phorate 10% CG Batch No.03184 manufactured in June, 2001 and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.M.S.R.SUBRAHMANYAM Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR AGRICULTURE The Court made the following: ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous and there survives no cause for adjudication. Recording the above submission, the writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J August 7, 2008 DSK