IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.4200 OF 2001 Between: The Roman Catholic Congregation Fransiciscan Sisters of Mary a Society registered under Societies Registration Act running Maris Stella College, Vijaywada, represented by its correspondent Sr.Appalonia Marineni. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Special Officer and Competent Authority, Urban Land Ceiling, Vijayawada. 2 Appellate Authority and Commissioner for Land Reforms and Urban Land Ceiling, 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 examine the records of the 1st respondent in C.C.No.2554/79 and of the second respondent in D.NO.AVC.2/3345/81 dated 14.07.1992, declare that the petitioner is entitled for exemption under Sec.19(1)(iv) of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, set aside the two orders of the respondents and consequently issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, forbearing the respondents from proceeding against the petitioner and recovering the vacant land and buildings as found by them to be surplus and pass such other order or orders as this Honourable Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.RAMA RAO PHILKHANA Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.4200 OF 2001 O R D E R This writ petition arises under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976. The aﬃdavit ﬁled by the Special Oﬃcer-Competent Authority, Urban Land Ceilings, Vijayawada, Krishna District – ﬁrst respondent, speciﬁcally states that the possession of the surplus land in the present case was not taken under Section 10(6) of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976. In the light of the above statement made by the ﬁrst respondent, it is clear that the proceedings initiated under the Act would abate in as much as the Government of Andhra Pradesh adopted the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999 with eﬀect from 27.03.2008 and a notiﬁcation to this eﬀect was issued under G.O.Ms.No.603, Revenue (UC.I), 22.04.2008. Therefore, the proceedings initiated against the petitioner under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 abate and the cause of action in the present writ petition does not survive. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. ----------------------------- P.V.SANJAY KUMAR,J 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2008 PGS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.4200 of 2001 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2008