IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO : 21350 of 2008 Between: State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by the Mandal Revenue Officer, Asifnagar Madnal, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Special Court under Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act Boorugula Ramakrishna Building, Hyderabad. 2 Jaipal Reddy S/o. Gopal Reddy R/o. H.No. 13-6-437/4/5, Maruthinagar Ring Road, Guddimalkapur Village, Hyderabad 3 M. Janga Reddy S/o.Laxma Reddy R/o. H.No. 13-6-437/4/7, Maruthinagar Ring Road, Guddimalkapur Village, Hyderabad 4 G.S. Sharanappa S/o. G.S. Sangappa R/o. H.No. 13-6-437/4/9, Maruthinagar Ring Road, Guddimalkapur Village, Hyderabad .....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 Rule Nisi Calling for the entire records leading up to and inclusive of the judgment made in LGC No. 59 of 1998 on the ﬁle of the Special Court, under the Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, Hyderabad dt. 03-07-2000 and quash the same as illegal, void and against the principles of law and allow the application of the petitioner ﬁled in LGC No. 59 of 1998 in the interest of Justice and pass such other or further reliefs. Counsel for the Petitioner:GP FOR ASSIGNMENT Counsel for the Respondents: NONE APPEARED The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION No.21350 of 2008 ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice Ghulam Mohammed) Assailing the order, dated 03.07.2000, passed in L.G.C.No.59 of 1998 on the ﬁle of the Special Court under A.P.Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, Hyderabad, this writ petition has been filed by the applicant in the said L.G.C. 2. There is no necessity of going into all the details. It is suﬃce to notice that the impugned order was passed on 03.07.2000 and it is more than eights years since the said order was passed. There is no plausible explanation from the petitioner for the inordinate delay caused in approaching this Court. The writ petition suﬀers from irretrievable laches and is, accordingly, liable to be dismissed. 3. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed. No costs. ______________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED,J _____________________ G.BHAVANI PRASAD,J 29.09.2008 v v