APHC010747672016 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3459] TUESDAY,THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE SUMATHI JAGADAM WRIT PETITION NO: 31134/2016 Between: 1. MR. BOYALLA DINAKAR,, S/O. GOVINDA NAIDU, AGED 32 YEARS, OCC: R/O PASUMANDA VILLAGE, VASANTHAPURAM (PO), GUDPALA MANDAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT - 517 132, A.P ...PETITIONER AND 1. UNION OF INDIA, REP., BY ITS PRINCIPLE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF PETROLIUM AND NATURAL GAS, NEW DEIHI 2. HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED, REP. BY ITS CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR, REGD OFFICE AT 17, JAMDSHEDJI TATA ROAD, MUMBAI - 400 020, MAHARASHTRA STATE 3. HPCL SOUTH CENTRAL LPG ZONE, REP. BY ITS DGM, VITH FLOOR, VARUN TOWERS, SIRIPURAM JUNCTION, VISAKHAPATNAM 4. THE SENIOR REGIONAL MANAGER, LPG REGIONAL OFFICE, IIND FLOOR, R.R. MANSION, HLC COLONY, ANANTHAPUR, ANANTHAPUR DISTRICT 5. SMT GNANA PRASANNA SALLA, W/O. S. CHITTI BABU, AGED ABDUT 41 YEARS, R/O. GUDIPALA VILLAGE & POST, GUDIPALE MANDAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT ...RESPONDENT(S): Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased toto issue a writ order or direction more partulicarly one in the nature of writ of mandamus I) declaring the proceedings of the 4th Respondent Vide lei:ter dated: August 23, 2016, treating the advertisement dated: 19-12-2011 for the location Gudipala as cancelled as illegal , arbitrary, violation of law and contrary to the Ministry of Petrolium and Natural Gas letter Ref: P-9011/7/2011-IOC(pt-1)/LPG dated: 14- 07-2016 and unconstitutional. ii) Consequently direct the Respondents to consider the case of the Petioner's application Sr. No. 12759/003/GDPLA for distributorship of PG, namely Rajiv Gandhi 2 Grameena LPG Vitak for Gudipala Mandal in continunce of the advertisement dated: 19-12-2011 of the Respondent corporation. Ili) and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2016(WPMP 38528 OF 2016 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings iii respect of the distributorship of LPG, namely Rajiv Gandhi Grameena LPG Vitak for Gudipala Mandal, Chittoor district AP by suspending the impugned proceedings of the 4th Respondent dated: 23-08-2016 pending disposal of the above writ petition Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. C SUNIL KUMAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. DEPUTY SOLICITOR GENERAL OF INDIA 2. PENUMAKA VENKATA RAO 3. BHANU PRIYA G The Court made the following: 3 ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication and the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the submission of learned counsel for the petitioner, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. __________________________ JUSTICE SUMATHI JAGADAM 7th October, 2025 cbn 4 701 THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE SUMATHI JAGADAM WP No.31134 of 2016 7th October, 2025 cbn