APHC010391852021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3331] FRIDAY,THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUBBA REDDY SATTI WRIT PETITION TRANSFERED FROM APAT NO: 939/2021 Between: 1. V LAKSHMAN RAO, S/O. VENKANNA, AGED 55 YEARS, WORKED AS DRAIN CLEANER, SATELLITE CITY GRAM PANCHAYAT, RAJAHMUNDRY RURAL MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT, R/O. 1-24,HUKUMPETA POST, RAJAHMUNDRY RURAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT 533107 ...PETITIONER AND 1. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THE STATE OF AP REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, PANCHAYAT RAJ AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT, VELAGAPUDI, AMRAVATI. 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTORPR WING, KAKINADA, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 3. THE DISTRICT PANCHAYAT OFFICER, , KAKINADA. 4. THE SPECIAL OFFICER, , SATELLITE CITY GRAM PANCHAYAT, RAJAHMUNDRY RURAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 5. THE SECRETARY, SATELLITE CITY GRAM PANCHAYAT, RAJAHMUNDRY RURAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT(S): to declare the proceedings issued in efile No. 47711/2017-A5 dt 7.7.2017 removing the applicant from service as illegal, unjust contrary to rules apart from it being violative of principles of natural justice and set aside the same 2 and consequently, direct the respondents to reinstate the applicant as Drain Cleaner with all the consequential benefits Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. M SRIKANTH Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR SERVICES IV 2. G SRINIVASULA REDDY (SC FOR ZPP MPP AND GP SERVICES) The Court made the following order: The petitioner originally filed O.A.No.2074 of 2017 on the file of learned Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, at Hyderabad (for short ‘the Tribunal’) to declare the proceedings issued vide efile.No.47711/2017-A5 dated 07.07.2017, removing the petitioner from service, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. After the abolition of the Tribunal, the O.A. was transferred to High Court and the same is numbered as W.P.(APAT).No.939 of 2021. 3. Today when the matter is taken up, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that due to efflux of time, the cause in this writ petition does not survive and the writ petition has become infructuous. 4. Recording the above submission, this writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________________ JUSTICE SUBBA REDDY SATTI Date: 27.02.2026 SNI 3 339 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUBBA REDDY SATTI WRIT PETITION (AT) NO: 939 OF 2021 Date: 27.02.2026 SNI