THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.11673 of 2010 Dated 21st November, 2011 Between: T.Jayarami Reddy and others …Petitioners And Govt.of A.P., rep.by its District Collector, Chittoor District, and another …Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri A.Chandraiah Naidu Counsel for respondent No.1: GP for Land Acquisition Counsel for respondent No.2: Sri G.Rama Chandra Reddy The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “…to issue a writ, direction(s), order or orders more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the 4(1) notification published in Gazette No.68/97, dated 18.09.2007, proposing to acquire lands i.e., plot Nos.1, 10 and 11, in Survey No.287 of Srikrishna Nagar residential area, Tirupathi Urban Mandal, Sri Balaji Registration District, Chittoor District and consequential notice issued u/s 9(3), dated 12.04.2010, by the 2nd respondent as illegal, arbitrary, contrary to the procedure contemplated under Land Acquisition Act, 1894, malafide and violation of principles of natural justice by setting aside the same and consequentially direct the respondents not to acquire above lands in the interest of justice.” At the hearing, it is agreed among the learned counsel for the parties that the notification, dated 18.09.1997, issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 has lapsed and that a fresh notification was issued in Gazette on 31.08.2009, in pursuance of which, an award was passed on 21.05.2011 and possession was taken. In view of these subsequent events, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication and hence, the same is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, interim order, dated 19.05.2010, shall stand vacated and W.P.M.P.No.14772 of 2010 is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 21st November, 2011 VGB