IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 33272 of 1997 Between: 1 K.Praveen Kumar S/o Bojana Rao R/o Basara, Mudhole Mandal, Adilabad District. 2 D.Sankar S/o Hanumantha Rao R/o Basara, Mudhole Mandal, Adilabad District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Commissioner of Endowments, Tilak Road,Hyderabad. 2 The Deputy Commissioner of Endowments, Tilak Road,Hyderabad. 3 The Executive Officer of Sri Jana Saraswathi Devastanam, Basar Village, Mudhole Mandal, Adilabad District. .....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 a writ in the nature of Writ of Certiorari to call for the records relating to the issuance of auction notice dt.0-12-1997 issued by the 3rd respondent proposing to conduct a public auction No GSD/95 irrespective of the premises of the Devastanam Sri Jana Saraswathi Devastanam,Basara Village,Mudhole Mandal on 1512-1997 and the petitioners pray that the same may be quashed. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.M.RAMACHANDRA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking to issue a writ of Certiorari to call for the records relating to the issuance of auction notice, dated 08.12.1997, issued by the third respondent proposing to conduct a public auction in respect of the premises of Sri Jnana Saraswathi Devasthanam, Basara Village, Mudbole Mandal, on 15.12.1997 and to quash the same. When the case is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the term of the lease period under the auction notice, which was sought to be quashed, expired on 31.12.1999 itself and as such nothing survives for adjudication in the present writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as the same has been rendered infructuous inasmuch as no cause of action survives for adjudication due to efflux of time. _________ 06.04.2005 dr/tvr To 1 The Commissioner of Endowments, Tilak Road,Hyderabad. 2 The Deputy Commissioner of Endowments, Tilak Road,Hyderabad. 3 The Executive Officer of Sri Jana Saraswathi Devastanam, Basar Village, Mudhole Mandal, Adilabad District. 4 2 CCs to Government Pleader for Endowments, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. (OUT) 5 2 CD copies