IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.390 of 2010 Between: Smt. Gadi Sita Ramamma, W/o. late Gadi Venkateswara Rao, aged 40 years, Occ: housewife, R/o.Buttaigudem village and Mandal, West Godavari District. … Petitioner And The Branch Manager, Vijaya Bank, Buttaigudem Branch, Buttaigudem, West Godavari District, and another … Respondents Order: There is no representation on behalf of the petitioner. The petitioner seeks a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not releasing gold ornaments to her as illegal and arbitrary and a consequential direction to the respondents to release the same in her favour. The late husband of the petitioner, by name Sri Gadi Venkateswara Rao and the petitioner pledged certain gold ornaments and availed loan of Rs.67,000/- from the respondent-bank. After the death of the husband of the petitioner on 27-07-2009, she approached the respondent-bank, repaid the loan availed and requested for return of the gold ornaments that were pledged, but her request was turned down on the ground that a claim was made for the said ornaments by the parents of her late husband. A detailed counter-affidavit is filed by the Branch Manager, Vijaya Bank, Buttaigudem, West Godavari District. While furnishing the details of the loan account and the reasons for not immediately returning the gold ornaments to the petitioner, in the counter-affidavit, it is stated that the petitioner has settled the entire loan due and pursuant to the interim order of this court dated 11-02-2010, gold ornaments were returned to the petitioner on 12-03-2010. It is also stated that the delay in returning the gold ornaments was neither intentional nor wanton, but for the reasons as stated in the counter-affidavit. In view of the returning of the gold ornaments to the petitioner that were pledged while availing loan facility from the respondent-bank, her grievance stands redressed and thus no further adjudication is necessary in this writ petition. Recording the averments made in the counter- affidavit that the gold ornaments in question have been returned to the petitioner, the writ petition is closed. ___________________ (R. SUBHASH REDDY, J) October 5, 2010 MRR