IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No: 17409 of 2001 BETWEEN: B.C. Naidu S/o Late B.S. Naidu (Hindu), R/o Plot.No.18, Salivahan Nagar, Srinagar Colony, Hyderabad. ... PETITIONER AND 1 The Secretary to State Legislature Government of Andhra Pradesh, Assembly Buildings, Public Gardens, Hyderabad. 2 K. Tuljanand Singh, The Secretary to State Legislature, Government of A.P. Assembly Buildings, Public Gardens, Hyderabad. 3 S. Prasad, House.No.6-79, Saroor Nagar Pochamma Temple, 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 may be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ order or direction, declaring the action of the respondent No.1 in awarding the maintenance contract for Sweeping, Cleaning and Scavenging works in M.S. Block-I (A.K. Bhavan), Hyderguda, Hyderabad in favour of the 3rd respondent for the period commencing from 15.8.2001 to 14.8.2002 vide his Letter No.317/Hostels/2001 dated 13.8.2001 without issuing any notification calling for sealed quotations from the respective contractors and also without holding negotiations with the said contractors in that regard in accordance with the provisional of G.O.Ms.No.72 Legislature (Hostels) Department dated 25.5.95 as illegal, arbitrary and malafide and consequently direct the 1st respondent to issue a fresh notification calling for sealed quotations from the eligible contractor and award the said maintenances work contract to the most eligible contractors strictly on the merit in accordance with the provisions of G.O.Ms.No.72 Legislature (Hostels) Department dated 25.9.1995 and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.M.CHANDRASEKHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAW & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS The Court made the following: ORDER: Ms. Shobha, learned counsel, representing Mr. M. Chandrasekhar Reddy, the learned counsel for the petitioner 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 July 29, 2008 DSK