APHC010260412019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] THURSDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 11693/2019 Between: Ch. Srinivasa Rao, ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. I RAVINDRA BABU Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR FORESTS (AP) The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India with the following prayer for: “…to issue appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents in initiating and continuing the disciplinary proceedings against the Petitioner pursuant to the charge memo issued by the 3rd Respondent vide Rc.No.263/2016-M8 dated 11.01.2016 for an alleged incident pertaining to the year 2015 as being arbitrary, illegal, vitiated by the delay, contrary to the orders issued in G.O.Ms.No.679, dated 01.11.2008 and the time limit stipulated in Rule 20 of APCS (CC&A) Rules, 1991 and in violation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and further be pleased to declare that 2 the Petitioner is entitled to be considered and promoted as Forest Range Officer with all consequential benefits for the panel year 2018-19 without reference to the disciplinary proceedings on the analogy of Orders passed in W.P.No.9656 of 2019, dated 23.07.2019 and other similar such cases and to pass …” 2. When the matter is taken up for hearing, Sri I.Ravindra Babu, learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petition may be disposed of since the relief has become infructuous. 3. Recording the same, the Writ Petition is disposed of, since, the relief has become infructuous. No order as to Costs. Pending applications, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________________________ Dr. VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA, J Date: 19.06.2025 SCS 3 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA W.P.No.11693 of 2019 Dated.19.06.2025 SCS 122