1 APHC010630372016 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3504] FRIDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM WRIT PETITION NO: 33014/2016 Between: K.venkataratnam, ...PETITIONER AND State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. M V PRATAP REDDY Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE (AP) 2. T BALAJI The Court Made the Following Order:- This Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is filed for the following relief: “to issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 3rd Respondent in issuing the Notice vide proceedings in Rc.No.B/37/82 dated 31.08.2016 to retire the petitioner from service w.e.f 30.09.2016 in violation of its Certified Standing Orders as illegal 2 arbitrary discriminatory and violative of Art 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and for a consequential direction to continue the petitioner in service on same terms and conditions till he attains 60 years of age and to pass...” 2. Sri M.V.Pratap Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner appearing through online would submit that in view of the subsequent events taken place in the lis, the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive for further adjudication and the Writ Petition has become infructuous. 3. Recording the submission made by learned counsel for the petitioner, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no orders as to costs. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Writ Petition shall stand closed. _____________________________ MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM,J 11.07.2025. ASR 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM WRIT PETITION NO.33014 of 2016 11.07.2025 ASR