IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No: 11799 of 2004 BETWEEN: D. Sivakumari, D/o Shivaji, C/o Sri Kartikeyan, Indane Gas Enterprises Indane Distributors, D.No.9-136/A, Inkollu Road, Parchur, Prakasam District. ... PETITIONER AND 1 The Union of India, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, New Delhi rep. by its Secretary. 2 The Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Hindustan Bhavan, 8 Surji Vallabhdas Marg, Ballard Estate, Mumbai Rep. by its Director, Marketing. 3 The Regional Manager, LPG Regional Office, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Industrial Area, Kondapalli, Krishna District. 4 The Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Marketing Division, A.P. State Office No.3-6-436 to 438, 2nd Floor, Narsapur House, Himayatnagar, Hyderabad Rep. by its General Manager. 5 M/s Indian Oil Corporation Rep. by its Director (Marketing) HO, Aliyawar Jung Marg, Bandra, Mumbai. ...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 Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or direction declaring the action of the respondents 2 to 4 in proposing to open new distributorships at Inkollu, Karanchedu, Yuddanapudi, Prakasam District as illegal and arbitrary, contrary to the agreement between the oil companies and consequently direct the respondents not to open distributorship at Inkollu, Karanchedu and Yuddanapudi, Prakasam District and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: M.G.SEKHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: MR. P.V. SANJAY KUMAR MR. RAMA KRISHNA RAO SIDDANTHI SC FOR CG The Court made the following: ORDER: Sri O. Manoher Reddy, learned counsel, representing Sri G. Sekhar Reddy, 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 18, 2008 DSK