IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.357 of 1996 Between: M/s. United Auto Tractors Ltd., a Public Ltd Company having its office & factory at Nacharam Industrial Estate, Hyderabad and per its Managing Director Sri S.N. Bhalla, r/o 8-2-316/3/2 road no.14, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 GOVT. OF INDIA, REP BY ITS SECRETARY LAW DEPARTMENT, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, NEW DELHI. 2 SYNDICATE BANK, NIZAM SHAHI ROAD, HYDERABAD. 3 DEBT RECOVERY TRIBUNAL, KRISHNA BHAVAN ( NEAR POLICE CORNER ), NRUPATHUNGA ROAD, HUDSON CIRCLE, BANGALORE-2. ....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 any appropriate writ, order or direction preferably a writ in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the provision of the Recovery of Debts due to banks and Financial Institutions Act 1993 as illegal unconstitutional and being violaive of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently set aside the Notification dt.30/11/1994 constituting the Debt Recovery Tribunal at Bangalore. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.VENUGOPAL Counsel for the Respondent No.1: Mr. A. Rajashekar Reddy (SC for Central Government) Counsel for the Respondent No.2: MR.K.G.SASTRY Counsel for the Respondent No.3: None appeared The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the cause in this writ petition does not survive and has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. ________________ (N.V. RAMANA, J) Date: 03.11.2004 Nsr To 1 THE SECRETARY, GOVT. OF INDIA, LAW DEPARTMENT, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, NEW DELHI. 2 SYNDICATE BANK, NIZAM SHAHI ROAD, HYDERABAD. 3 DEBT RECOVERY TRIBUNAL, KRISHNA BHAVAN ( NEAR POLICE CORNER ), NRUPATHUNGA ROAD, HUDSON CIRCLE, BANGALORE-2. 4 Two CD copies.