IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY WRIT PETITION No.11590 of 2002 Between: Akurathi Kanaka Durga and nine others. … Petitioners And The Mandal Revenue Officer, Mangalagiri Mandal, Guntur District and another. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Smt. Venkata Rangadas Kanuri. Counsel for the respondents: ---- This Court made the following: ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “…to issue an order/orders, direction or more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in evicting the petitioners from their respective thatched houses situated in Sy.No. 59 &60 of Mangalagiri, Guntur District without following the procedure laid down under the "Andhra Pradesh Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1968" is illegal, arbitrary and violative of Art. 14 & 21 of the Constitution of India and consequentially direct the 1st Respondent to consider the applications of the petitioners for granting house site pattas in Sy.No. 59 & 60 of Mangalagiri, Guntur District”. At the hearing, Sri Venkata Rangadas Kanuri, learned counsel for the petitioners, submitted that the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive for consideration and that the Writ Petition may be dismissed as infructuous. In view of the same, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition, WPMP No.14300 of 2002 is also dismissed as infructuous. ------------------------------ --------- C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J 06-8-2008 MNR