IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 7210 of 1999 Between: 1 Inampudi Nageswara Rao S/o. Ayyanna R/o. Koyavaripalam Guntur District 2 Karasala Premanandam S/o. Veeraiah R/o. Prattipadu Guntur District 3 Jasti Cina Subba Rao S/o. Veeraswamy R/o. China Kondrupadu Guntur District 4 Vennapusa China Konda Reddy D/o. Rosi Reddy R/o. Prattipadu Guntur District 5 Inampudi Sambaiah S/o. Veeraswaamy R/o. Ganikapudi Guntur District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer Guntur District (Presiding Officer to Mandal Parishad, Prattipadu, Guntur District 2 Yenireddy Raghava Reddy S/o. Venkata Reddy R/o. Patha Mallayapalem Prattipadu mandal Guntur District 3 Pilli Prasanna Kumar S/o. Pilli Ratnam R/o. Peda Gottipadu Prattipadu Mandal Guntur District 4 Arumalla Nagendramma W/o. Jaya Rao R/o. Vangipuram Prattipadu Mandal Guntur District 5 Saik Jerina W/o. R/o. Prattipadu M.P.T.C.Member Prattipadu Mandal Guntur District 6 The State Election Commissioner Hyderabad ....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or direction especially in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the impugned notice number 276-SEC-D2/97-73 dated 25.3.99 calling for the meeting of the Mandal Parishad, Prattipadu, Guntur District on 7.4.99 to elect the President of Mandal Parishad in the existing vacancy as illegal, arbitrary, unjust. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.MOVVA.CHANDRASHEKAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.1: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. Counsel for the respondent NO.6: Mr. V.V. Prabhakar Rao Counsel for the Respondent Nos.2 to 5: None The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus to declare the impugned notice dated 25.03.1999 of the 6th respondent calling for the meeting of the Mandal Parishad, Prattipadu, Guntur District on 07.04.1999 to elect the President of Mandal Parishad, Prattipadu, in the existing vacancy as illegal and arbitrary. When the matter is taken up today for hearing none appears for the petitioners. Learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development submits that by lapse of time the prayer in the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 16.06.2005 Nsr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer Guntur District (Presiding Officer to Mandal Parishad, Prattipadu, Guntur District 2 The State Election Commissioner Hyderabad 3 Two CCS to GP for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 4 2 CD copies