IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 25045 of 2003 Between: 1 P.M. Hackett s/o C.C. Hackett, P. No. 121287 R/o H. No. 6-2-110/1, Boiguda, Secunderabad 2 Smt. J. Suseela, w/o J. Eswaraiah, P. No. 120796 H. No. 12-1-415/2, Lalapet, Secunderabad 3 A. Rose Leena, W/o Ambiraj, P. No. 12862 R/o H. No. 5-2-35/2, Tirumalanagar, HB Colony, Moulaali, Hyderabad 4 C. Manikyamma, w/o C. David, P. No. 12929 R/o Saidrasham Apartments, NNacharam, Hyderabad. 5 K.R. Narender, S/o K. Ramachandraiah R/o H. No. 1-8-2/9, Suryannagar, Chikkadapalli, Hyderabad ..... PETITIONERS. AND HMT Bearings Limited, (A Subsidiary of HMT Limited) Moula Ali, Hyderabad-500 040 rep., by Managing Director . .....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 an order direction or writ particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandmus or any other appropriate writ declaring the proceedings Ref No. HMTB/2003 dt 27th October, 2003 proposing to retire the petitioners before attaining the age of 60 years is illegal and in violation of section 7 of the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act 1946 and consequently direct the respondent to continue the petitioner till they attain the age of 60 years in terms of certified standing orders of the company existing as on the date. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.G.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for the Respondent : DR.P.B.VIJAY KUMAR. The Court made the following : ORDER: The learned counsel on behalf of the petitioner submits that since the main appeal itself is already disposed of, the cause in the writ petition has become infructuous. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. __________________ B. PRAKASH RAO, J 23rd December, 2004. Chvn. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER. To 1. The Managing Director, HMT Bearings Limited, (A Subsidiary of HMT Limited) Moula Ali, Hyderabad-500 040. 2. Two C.D. copies.