IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B. SUDERSHAN REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 25248 of 2002 Between: 1. N.H. Bhaskar Reddy S/o. N.H.P. Shiva Reddy R/o. Shiva Jyothi Town Shop Promoters Pvt. Ltd. C-17, 2nd Block, Kudremuch Colony, Near St.Johns Hospital Sarojpur Road, Kora Mandal, Bangalore. 2. N.H. Prasada Reddy S/o. N.H.P. Shiva Reddy R/o. Shiva Jyothi Town Shop Promoters Pvt. Ltd. Basaveshwara Badavali St.No.9, Osipet, District Ballari, Karnataka State. .....PETITIONERS AND 1 The Union of India rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Food and Consumers Affairs, New Delhi. 2 The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Nalgonda, Nalgonda District. 3 D. Subhashini W/o. Krishna Swamy R/o. Kompally Village, Hill Colony Post, Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, Anumul Mandal, Nalgonda 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 a writ or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the Section 27 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 as arbitrary, unreasonable and violative of Article 14, 19(1) (g) of the Constitution of India and consequently to declare the proceedings in P.P.No.15 of 2002 in C.D. NO. 84 of 2001 on the file of the 2nd respondent District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Nalgonda as null and void and nonest in the eye of law, and to pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstance of the case. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.MUMMANENI.SRINIVASA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.1: MR.ARAJASHEKAR REDDY (SC FOR CG) Counsel for Respondents 2&3: None appeared. The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (per Sri BRSR.J) It is stated by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the cause in this writ petition does not survive requiring any adjudication. The writ petition shall accordingly stand dismissed as infructuous without any order as to costs. (B.SUDERSHAN REDDY,J) dated 01.11.2004 (K.C.BHANU,J) msv. To 1. The Secretary, Union of India, Ministry of Food and Consumers Affairs, New Delhi. 2. The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Nalgonda, Nalgonda District. 3. 2 CD copies.