K Saleem v. the State of Ap
Case brief
What is this about?
Andhra Pradesh High Court (Amaravati), W.P. No. 3590/2019, Justice V. Sujatha, order dated 08.09.2025: writ petition under Article 226 by K. Saleem seeking mandamus to the 2nd respondent-District Collector, Ananthapuramu, to complete S. 6-A Essential Commodities Act proceedings (Rc. No. K3/391/2014) pending since 2015, alleging illegality, arbitrariness and violation of natural justice; interim prayer under S. 151 CPC (IA No. 1 of 2019); dismissed as infructuous on counsel's submission that the cause does not survive; no order as to costs; miscellaneous petitions closed; no merits adjudication, no precedent applied, no quantum involved. Useful only for citation-form of an infructuous dismissal; not authority on delay in S. 6-A proceedings.
What did the court decide?
Upon recording the submission of learned counsel for the petitioner that the cause in the writ petition does not survive and the matter has become infructuous, the Court dismissed the Writ Petition as infructuous.