IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 13353 of 2006 Between: 1 K.V. Nageshwar Rao S/o. K. Tirupathi Rao A.P. State Police Housing COrporation, Hyderabad City Division, Hyderabad. 2 B. Murali Krishna S/o. Thulasi Prasad, A.P. State Police Housing Corporation, Guntur, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Vice Chairman and Managing Director, A.P. State Police Housing Corporation Limited, 2 P. Sudarshan Reddy S/o. Narayana Reddy Hyderabad City Sub.Division-II, Hyderabad 3 M. Ramesh Kumar S/o. Sanjeeva Rao Vikarabad Sub.Division RR 2&3 impleaded as per court order dt. 31-8-2006 in WPMP 18866 of 2006 .....RESPONDENTS 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 an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of a writ of Mandamus and declare the Resolution No. 3296 of the Board of Directors of the respondent Corporation dt. 14-6-206 prescribing a ratio of 2:1 between Assistant Executive Engineers and Assistant Engineers for promotion as Deputy Executive Engineers as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and ultra vires and to further direct the respondent Corporation to make promotions to the post of Deputy Executive Engineer based on the principle of length of service in the feeder cadre with all consequential benefits and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.P.NAVEEN RAO Counsel for the Respondent Nos: . The Court made the following ORDER: The petitioner challenges Resolution No.3296, dated 14.06.2006, passed by the Board of Directors of A.P. State Police Housing Corporation Limited, through which the ratio of 2:1 was prescribed between Assistant Executive Engineers and Assistant Engineers in the matter of promotion. It is now represented that through a subsequent Resolution No.3511, Resolution No.3296, dated 14.06.2006, has been withdrawn. In that view of the matter, the cause of action in this writ petition does not survive. The writ petition is accordingly closed. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:21.07.2008 kdl ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VSMI}