IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No: 7869 of 2002 BETWEEN: 1 Shayam Gupta S/o Sitaram Gupta, R/o 8-3-897/3/1, Nagarjunanagar Ellareddyguda, Hyderabad 2 Garapati Rama Krishna S/o Surya Bhasker Rao, R/o 73-16-13, Sreenivasa Gardens, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District. ... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Commissioner Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, Tank Bund, Hyderabad. 2 The Assistant City Planner, Circle-V, Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. 3 M/s Surpas Buildings Private Limited Rep by its Nuti Srimannarayana Director, 8-3-897/3, Nagarjunanagar, Ellareddyguda, Hyderabad. ...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 an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction on the part of the 1st & 2nd respondents in not following the provisions of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act against the 3rd respondent as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently direct the 1st & 2nd respondents to exercise the power conferred under the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, 1955 and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.C.B.RAM MOHAN REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: SMT. KALPANA EKBOTE SC FOR MPL. CORP. The Court made the following: ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous and there survives no cause for adjudication. Recording the above submission, the writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous and the interim order granted on 24.04.2002 stands vacated. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J August 1, 2008 DSK