- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC-D:10438-DB WA No. 100074 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, DHARWAD BENCH DATED THIS THE 19TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.SUNIL DUTT YADAV AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAYKUMAR A.PATIL WRIT APPEAL NO. 100074 OF 2025 (GM-RES) BETWEEN: 1. THE JOINT SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION, MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION, NEW DELHI. 2. THE DIRECTOR (SUGAR), DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION, MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION, NEW DELHI. …APPELLANTS (BY SRI. M. B. KANAVI, ADVOCATE) AND: SHIVSHAKTI SUGARS LTD, AND OTHERS. …RESPONDENTS THIS WRIT APPEAL IS FILED U/S.4 OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ACT, 1961, PRAYING TO ALLOW THE ABOVE APPEAL FILED BY THE APPELLANTS THEREBY SETTING ASIDE THE RELEVANT PORTION OF THE ORDER DATED 25.04.2024 PASSED BY THE LEARNED SINGLE JUDGE IN W.P.NO.107496/2023, I.E., AT SL.NO.(VI) AND (VII) OF PARA NO. 38.9 AND THEREBY DISMISS THE SAID WRIT PETITION IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY AND ETC. THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.SUNIL DUTT YADAV AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAYKUMAR A.PATIL Digitally signed by CHANDRASHEKAR LAXMAN KATTIMANI Location: High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC-D:10438-DB WA No. 100074 of 2025 ORAL ORDER (PER: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.SUNIL DUTT YADAV) Learned counsel for the appellants has filed a memo for disposal which reads as under: “The Advocate for the Appellants may humbly submit that, subsequent to the Writ Petition order, the Sugar Control order is amended, the policy is applicable to subsequent years. Hence, the present appeals have become infructuous and may kindly be disposed of as having become infructuous in the interest of justice.” 2. In light of the same and submission made, appeal is dismissed as having become infructuous. Sd/- (S.SUNIL DUTT YADAV) JUDGE Sd/- (VIJAYKUMAR A.PATIL) JUDGE CLK /CT-AN List No.: 1 Sl No.: 27