IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 6208 of 1998 Between: 1.. Labour Contract Co-Operative Society, Rep.by it's President K.Sree Ramulu, Panagal, Nalgonda District. 2.. Maheswari Parameshwari Waddera Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd. Rep.by it's President G.Sathaiah, Narketpally, Nalgonda District. 3.. Sri Venkateshwara Waddera Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd. Rep.by it's President K.Yadaiah, Gattuppal,Chendur Mandal, Nalgonda District. 4.. Harijana Labour Contract Co-Operative Society, Rep.by it's President B.Ettaiah,Gurija Village, Narayanapur Mandal, Nalgonda District. 5.. Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Harijana Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd. Rep.by it's President K.Yadaiah, Arjalabavi, Nalgonda District. 6.. Sri Sai Suryachandra Waddera Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd. Rep.by it's President K.Yadaiah, Sathyanarayanapuram Village, Kattangur Mandal,Nalgonda District. 7.. Girijana Quarry Stone Cutters Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd. Rep.by it's President K.Yadaiah, Kothapeta , Hamlet Munugodu Mandal, Nalgonda District. 8.. Maheswara Vigneshwara Waddera Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd. Rep.by it's President K.Yadaiah,Pangal, Nalgonda District. 9.. Sri Lakshmi Narsimha Swamy Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd. Rep.by it's President K.Yadaiah, Chikatam Mamidi, Munugodu Mandal, Nalgonda District. 10..Manjeela Seetharamulu, Mukundapuram, Nidamanoor Mandal, Nalgonda District. 11..B.Biksham , Thungapahad, Miryalaguda Mandal, Nalgonda District. 12..Kadirinenipalli Girijana Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd. Rep.by it's President K.Yadaiah, Kadirinenipalli, Marripadu Mandal, Nellore District. 13..Sri Venkatramana Waddera Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd., Rep.by it's President G.Sree Ramulu Ajith Singh Nagar, Vijayawada . 14.. Sri Anjaneyaswamy Waddera Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd. Rep.by it's President K.Yadaiah, Kothapeta, Vijayawada. 15..Sri Durga Bhavani Waddera Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd. Rep.by it's President S.Thirupathaiah, Kothapeta, Vijayawada. 16..Srinivasa Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd, Rep.by it's President V.Venkateshwarlu, Ajith Singh Nagar, Vijayawada. 17.. Kothapalli Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd, Rep.by it's President T.Pathu Raju, Ghantasala Mandal, Krishna District. 18.. Nagarjuna Waddera Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd. Rep.by it's President S.Venkateshwarlu, Mukundapuram, Nidamanoor Mandal, Nalgonda District. ... PETITIONERS AND 1 Chief Engineer, R&B, National High Ways, Erramanzil(A.P), Hyderabad. 2 Executive Engineer, R&B, National High Ways Division, Vishakapatnam. ....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue Writ, Order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in insisting produce documents showing proof of Earnest Money Deposit in the form of D.D. or Bankers cheque drawn in favour of the respondents herein and Income tax clearance certificate for the year of 1996-97 before registering the petitioners as bidders and before issuing tender schedules or to participate in the method of Sealed tenders auction of sale of right to collect toll taxes on the bridges in pursuance of the sale notification No.115055 TA VI/NH III-12 dt.7-2-1998 issued by the Chief Engineer, National High ways, (A.P) Hyderabad is illegal, arbitrary and violation fundamental rights and consequently direct the respondents not to insist payment of Earnest Money Deposit and Income tax clearance certificate in order to register the petitioners as bidders and at the time of issuing tender schedules by permitting them to participate in open auction through sealed tender method for the sale of right to collect toll tax on bridges in pursuance of Sale notification No.115055/TA VI/NH III-12 dt.7.2.1998 of Chief Engineer, R& B, National High Ways, Hyderabad and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.KOONA REDDY ANJI REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR ROADS & BUILDINGS The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel for petitioner submitted that the cause in the writ petition does not survive and it has become in-fructuous. Recording the submission of the learned counsel for petitioner, the writ petition is dismissed as in-fructuous. ____________ N.V.RAMANA,J 24-2-2005 TVK ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 Chief Engineer, R&B, National High Ways, Erramanzil(A.P), Hyderabad. 2 Executive Engineer, R&B, National High Ways Division, Vishakapatnam. 3) 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MSKM}