IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.28322 of 1996 Between: 1 K.venkatamma w/o. late Subbramaiah 207, G.N.Mada street, Tirupati. 2 K.Prathap Babu s/o. late Subbramaiah 207, G.N. Mada street, Tiruputi. 3 K.Srimathi w/o.Prathap Babu 207, G.N. Mada Street, Tirupati . ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 District Collector, Chittoor. 2 Land Acquisition Officer-cum-Deputy Collector T.T.Devasthanams, Tirupathi. 3 Vice-Chairman, Tirupathi Urban Development Authority, Tirupathi. 4 Special Thasildar, Land Acquisition, Tirupathi Urban Development Authority, Tirupathi. 5 Tirupathi Municipality represented by its Commissioner, Tirupathi. 6 The Prl. Secretary, Govt. of A.P., Municipal Administration & Urban Development Dept., Secretariat, Hyd. (R6 is impleaded as per Court order dated 27.06.2008 in W.P.M.P.No.18485/2007) .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ direction or order preferably in the nature of Mandamus declaring the publication made by the 1st respondent under sec.6 of the Land Aquisition Act under form 5-A in the proceedings Rc.No.B10/2513/96 dt 6-10-1996 published in Eenadu Telugu Newspaper Tirupati Edition, dated 09.11.1996, as illegal and void and being violative of Arts. 14,15 (1)(2) ,21 and 31 of the Constitution and also being violative of principles of natural justice and forbid the respondent from proceeding in any manner in pursuance of the said publication. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.K.R.PRABHAKAR Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION MR. P. GANGARAMI REDDY MR. S.I. NEWTON MR. A. PRABHAKAR The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.28322 of 1996 ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication. Recording the aforesaid submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 28th July, 2009. IBL