IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 5957 of 2004 Between: B.Krishna Murthy, S/o Chinna Nagaiah, R/o 2-4-42, Gambhirao Pet, Karimnagar District. ... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Panchayat Officer, Karimnagar District, Karimnagar. 2 The Panchayat Secretary, Gambiraopet Gram Panchayat, Gambiraopet, Karimnagar 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 will be pleased to issue Order, direction or writ particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ declare that the action of the respondents in not allowing the petitioner to participate in the auction dated 27-03-2004 at 10.30 AM at Thy Bazar, Gambiraopet, Karimnagar District as illegal. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.I.V.RADHAKRISHNA MURTHY (not present) Counsel for Respondents : G.P. FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court at the stage of admission, made the following : ORDER: None appeared for the petitioner. It is represented by the learned counsel for respondents that the petitioner was not allowed to participate in the auction held on 27.3.2004 since he was due some amounts to the Gram Panchayat, Gambiraopet for the previous year and accordingly the auction was proceeded on 27.3.2004 and third party was awarded with the contract for collecting the amounts in the slaughter house of Thy bazaar, Gambiraopet. In view of the same, no cause survives in the writ petition and the writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ________________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J Date: 16.9.2004 DA To 1 The District Panchayat Officer, Karimnagar District, Karimnagar. 2 The Panchayat Secretary, Gambiraopet Gram Panchayat, Gambiraopet, Karimnagar District. 3 Two CCs to the G.P. for Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Department, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 4 Two CD copies.