IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 8781 of 2004 Between: T. Seshachalapathi, S/o. T. Venkata Swamy, E-4, 3rd Cresent Road, Sainikpuri, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 District Collector, Anantapur District, Ananthapur. 2 Executivde Engineer (R&B), Hospital Road, Ananthapur. 3 Gram Panchayat, Yadiki Village & Mandal, Ananthapur District, Rep. by its Panchayat Secretary. ....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.RAMALINGESWARA RAO Counsel for respondents 1 and : AGP FOR TRANSPORT AND ROADS & BUILDINGS Counsel for respondent No.3: None appeared The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare notice dated 22-01-2004 issued by respondent No.2 as illegal and void. The petitioner sought for consequential direction to the respondents not to interfere with the possession of land and building bearing Door Nos.6/1 and 6/2 of Maszid Street, Main Road, Yadiki Village, Ananthapur District. Heard Sri A.Ramalingeswara Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner, and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Transport and Roads and Buildings. In the impugned notice, respondent No.2 informed the petitioner that if the petitioner has raised any construction within 2 ½ meters (9 feet) from the road, the same will be removed without any notice. At the hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner produced photographs in the Court and submitted that after the issuance of the said notice and filing of the writ petition, respondent No.2 has constructed a drain abutting the house of the petitioner and that in view of the same, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. Taking note of the above mentioned submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the writ petition is disposed of as infructuous without adjudicating the issues raised in the writ petition on merits. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 20th August, 2008 vrn