APHC010006502025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3332] WEDNESDAY,THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI WRIT PETITION NO: 380/2025 Between: 1. BURRA NAGA RAMACHANDRA, S/O KRISHNA MURTHY, AGED 38 YEARS, R/O KODAVALLI VILLAGE GOLLAPROLU MANDAL, KAKINADA, KAKINADA DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, CIVIL SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT, REP., BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY. 2. THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, CIVIL SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, KAKINADA, KAKINADA 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 to issue Writ, Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in notifying the recruitment of Fair Price Shop Dealer vide F.P.Shop No.0408020 of Kodavali Village, Gollaprolu Mandal, Kakinada District, when authorization dated 12.06.2009 of the petitioner for the F.P.Shop No.0408020 of Kodavali Village, Gollaprolu Mandal, Kakinada District is still in subsistence is highly illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional, violation of Articles 14 and 19(i) (g) of the Constitution of India, and 2 consequently stay all further proceedings in so far as recruitment of Fair Price Shop Dealer for F.P.Shop No.0408020 of Kodavali Village, Gollaprolu Mandal, Kakinada District and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2025 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 in so far as recruitment of Fair Price Shop Dealer for F.P.Shop No.0408020 of Kodavali Village, Gollaprolu Mandal, Kakinada District pending disposal of the above writ petition and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. V V N NARAYANA RAO Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following ORDER: Sri O.Prasad Kumar, learned counsel representing Sri V.V.N.Narayana Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the cause in the writ petition does not survive and has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous applications, pending if any, shall stand closed. _____________________________ JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI Date: 21st January, 2026 RKS