THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W.P. No. 25546 of 2008 Oral order: The petitioner is a civil contractor for the works under the Comprehensive Protected Water Supply Scheme. He was awarded certain works, and in relation to which, the 3rd respondent entered into an agreement with the petitioner, which is valid upto 31.03.2009. Though the petitioner filed the present writ petition questioning the action of the respondent in issuing fresh tender notification and not allowing him to execute the works while the contract awarded to him is in subsistence, the fact remains, when the writ petition was taken up, both the counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for the respondents admitted that the contract awarded to the petitioner expired. Since the contract awarded to the petitioner expired, nothing survives for adjudication in the writ petition, and the same is liable to be dismissed as having become infructuous. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that though nothing survives for adjudication in the writ petition, but the respondents have not paid certain amounts for the period six months prior to the expiry of the contract, and the respondents be directed to pay the same. If the petitioner is entitled to receive any payments for the works executed, then the respondents are directed to pay the same, if not, the petitioner is at liberty to recover the same in appropriate civil proceedings. Accordingly, with the observations as above, the writ petition is disposed of. _________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 3rd June, 2009 KSR