THE HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.24944 of 1996 Dated: September 19, 2005 Between: K.K.V.N. Varma, S/o. K.K.V.S. Raju, aged about 48 years, Contractor, R/o. A.S.R. Nagar, Seethammadhara, Visakhapatnam – 13. … Petitioner And The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation and Command Area Development, Modernization Cricle, Kurnool, and two others. … Respondents Order: When the writ petition has been taken up for hearing, neither there is appearance on behalf of the petitioner, nor there is any representation thereof. 2. Learned Government Pleader, appearing on behalf of the respondents, submits that the subject matter of this writ petition is squarely covered by a judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in W.P.No.26040 of 2001, wherein the learned judges considered a similar issue and dismissed the writ petition. 3. In the circumstances, recording the submission and following the ratio laid down in the aforesaid judgment, this writ petition is also dismissed for similar reasons. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J September 19, 2005 MRR