APHC010749182013 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] TUESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.7640 OF 2013 Between: Md. Usman ...PETITIONER AND Union of India and others ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. VENKATESWARA RAO GUDAPATI Counsel for the Respondents: 1. Dy. Solicitor General of India 2. Sri SS VARMA (SC FOR NHAI) The Court made the following ORDER: The present Writ Petition has been filed seeking to declare the action of the respondent authorities in rejecting the technical bid submitted by the petitioner in pursuance of notification No.NHAI/13013/547/CO/11-12/Competitive Bidding, dated 13.12.2012 (e-tendering) for Laxmipuram Toll Plaza at Km 172.800 (new chainage at km 530.404) for the section from Km 226.150 to Km 160.000 (Nandigam to Ichhapuram) of National 2 Highway No.5 in the State of Andhra Pradesh on the ground of non-compliance of clause 2.7(v) of the tender conditions basing on circle rate as arbitrary, illegal and against the principles of natural justice and consequently to direct the respondent authorities to open the financial bid of the petitioner for award of Laxmipuram Toll Plaza. 2. Today, when the matter came up for hearing, Ms. S. Akhila, learned counsel representing Sri Venkateswara Rao Gudapati, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive for adjudication and the matter has become infructuous. 3. Recording the said submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Writ Petition shall stand closed. ________________________ K. SREENIVASA REDDY, J. Date:20.01.2026 Nsr 3 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY Writ Petition No.7640 of 2013 Date:20.01.2026 Nsr