IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO:17658 of 2000 Between: Merla Satyanarayana Murthy, S/o. Ramadasu, R/o. Ravikampadu, Tondangi Mandal, East Godavari District, ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Election Authority-cum-District Collector, Kakinada, East Godavari District. 2 The Deput District Election Authority-cum- Revenue Divisional Officer, Peddapuram Division, Peddapuram East Godavari District. 3 The State Election Commissioner, Government of A.P., Buddha Bhavan, Hyderabad. 4 The Government of A.P., Rep by its Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR. B.V.RAMA RAO FOR MR.G.KRISHNA MURTHY Counsel for the Respondents:AGP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled for a writ of mandamus to set aside notiﬁcation, dated 06.09.2000 issued by respondent No.2 in connection with the election to the oﬃce of Sarpanch of Ravikampadu Gram Panchayat. At the hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that in view of holding of elections, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition as infructuous, WPMP.No.22432 of 2000 ﬁled by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 7th NOVEMBER, 2008. kvni