IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO:17733 of 2003 Between: 1 Chinna Bhemanna, S/o.Thammaiah R/o.Meedikonda Village, Ieeja Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District. 2 Kummari Laxmi Devi W/o.Darmanna R/o. Meedikonda Village, Ieeja Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District. 3 Chakali Duduvanna, S/o. Somanna, R/o. Meedikonda Village, Ieeja Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District. 4 Kummari Sawari, S/o. Yenkanna, R/o. Meedikonda Village, Ieeja Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District. 5 Kummari Nadipi Sawari, W/o. Yenkanna, R/o. Meedikonda Village, Ieeja Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District. 6 Paramesh S/o. Laxmanna, R/o. Meedikonda Village, Ieeja Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District. 7 Gopal Reddy, s.o. Pedda Gidda reddy, R/o. Meedikonda Village, Ieeja Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District. 8 Harijan Chinna Laxmanna, S/o. Buddanna, R/o. Meedikonda Village, Ieeja Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District. 9 Edigi Narasimhulu Goud, S/o. Ramanna, R/o. Meedikonda Village, Ieeja Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District. 10 Smt. Elijabettamma, W/o. Yesub, R/o. Meedikonda Village, Ieeja Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District. 11 Harijan Kesharam, S/o. Sharajah, R/o. Meedikonda Village, Ieeja Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Engineer-in-chief, Roads & Buildings Department, Erramanzil, Hyderabad. 2 The Superintending Engineer Roads & Buildings(Rural Division) Balkampet, Hyderabad. 3 The Executive engineer, Roads, and Buildings, Wanaparthy Division, Wanaparthy, Mahaboobnagar District. 4 The Principal Secretary to Government Roads and Buildings, Department Secretariat, Hyderabad. 5 The District Collector, Mahaboobnagar District. 6 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Gadwal Division, Gadwal, Mahaboobnagar District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:NONE APPEARED The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled for the following substantive relief: “For the reasons stated in the accompanying aﬃdavit, it is hereby prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or directions, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in not paying compensation to the lands of the petitioners herein to a total extent of Ac.30.00, situated in Sy.No.171, 173,174,194,197,206,207 and 208 respectively of Meedikinda Village, Ieeja Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District, as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 300-A of the constitution of India, and consequently direct the respondents to pay compensation to the petitioner's lands by initiating land acquisition proceedings.” At the hearing, Sri G.Buchaiah Goud, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that he has given up his vakalath in this case and the same was informed to the petitioners, who have taken no objection from him. As no one represented the petitioners at the time of hearing, it is reasonable to presume that the petitioners are not interested in pursuing their cause in the writ petition. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed for non-prosecution. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 12th NOVEMBER, 2008. kvni