IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 7440 of 2007 Between: 1 Hyderabad Sahakar Labour Contract Cooperative Society Ltd/, (Regd.No.TAC-467) 22-2-750, Noor Khan bazar, Hyderabad-500024 rep.by its President Ibrahim khan 2 Citizens Labour contract cooperative society Ltd Regd.No.TAC-488) 23-1-701, Moghulpura, Hyderabad-2 rep.by its President Mohd.Ibrahim 3 M/s.City Scheduled castes Labour contract Cooperative Society Ltd. (Regd.No.TAC-495) 23-5-901, Sha Ali Banda,Hyderabad-500265 rep.by its President Chandraiah 4 M/s.V.Ramana Labour Contract Cooperative Society Ltd (Regd.No.TAC-489), 23-6-965/A/2, Shah Ali Banda, Hyderabad-500265 rep.by its President Y.Venkatesham 5 M/s.K.V.R.Labour Contract Cooperative Society Ltd (Regd.No.TAC-496) 22-2-750, Noor khan Bazar, Hyderabad-500024 rep.by its secretary B.Raju ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, rep.by the Commissioner, Tank bund Road, Hyderabad 2 Additional Commissioner (health & Sanitation) Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad Tank bund Road, Hyderabad 3 M/s.Menakshi WLCCS H.No.12-15-284, Manikeshwari Nagar, O.U.Campus Hyderabad 4 Samba Shiva WLCCS H.No.17-1-380/A/1 Damoder Sanjeeviah Nagar Saidabad, Hyderabad 5 Malikarjuna WLCCS, H.No.4-35-264/1, Venkateshwaranagar, Jagatgirigutta Hyderabad 6 Shiva Vigneshwara WLCCS H.no.2-3-6911, Venkateshwara nagar Amberpet,Hyderabad 7 Om Nama Shivaai WLCCS H.No.2-3-692/41/5 Indiranagar,Amberpet,Hyderabad 8 Devara WLCCS H.no.8-3-231/B/294 Sri Krishna Nagar, Yusufguda Hyderabad 9 Shiva Ram Krishana SC LCCS H.No.18-8-254/1A/34/1,Rakshapuram colony Hyderabad .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 a writ direction or order particularly one in the nature of mandamus declaring the action of the respondent No.s 1 and 2 herein in temporarily allotting the works to respondent Nos 3 to 9 pending the invitation of tenders till 12.4.2007 as illegal, and arbitrary, and consequently direct respondent Nos.1 and 2 herein to allot the works of sweeping to the petitioner societies as being doing in the past five years Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.R.V.NAGABUSHNAM RAO Counsel for the Respondents: R.RAMACHANDRA REDDY,SC FOR MCH The Court made the following : ORDER: In this writ petition, the petitioners – societies have questioned the allotment of contract work in favour of respondent Nos. 3 to 9 on temporary basis, for removal of garbage covering the period from 01- 04-2007 to 30-04-2007. In view of expiry of the term of contract, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the cause in the writ petition does not survive. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 29-04-2009 ks