THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 8971 OF 2003 Date: 17-03-2011 Between Sri Krishna Youth Association, rep., by its General Secretary, Y. Nagaraj, S/o V. Nagendrappa, aged 22 years, Village Nallagandlla, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District …..Petitioner And Principal Secretary to Revenue Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh and another …..Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 8971 OF 2003 ORDER: The petitioner, a registered youth association filed the present writ petition questioning auction notice published in Eenadu Telugu newspaper dated 20-04-2003 notifying Ac.1.21 guntas of land in Survey No. 125 of Nallagandla Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District as arbitrary and illegal. The petitioner states that an extent of Acs.400.00 of private land of Nallagandla Village was acquired for the development of BHEL industry in the year 1959-1960. In view of the developmental activities undertaken, at least Acs.20.00 of land is required for the purpose of providing playground, hospital, library, park etc. Therefore, the land admeasuring Ac.1.25 cents which was notified is well suited and available for public purpose and if the same is sold, no land would be left for common use of the villagers. Hence the sale be stayed. It is stated that the petitioner also made a representation to the District Collector, the 2nd respondent herein on 03-05-2003 and after forwarding a copy of the same to the 1st respondent, filed the present writ petition. This Court while issuing rule nisi on 06-05-2003 directed that any auction sale of the land will be subject to the result of the writ petition. Despite the fact that the matter is pending from the last eight years, the respondents have not filed any counter affidavit opposing the writ petition. Learned Government Pleader for Assignments on instructions now submits that auction could not be proceeded further pursuant to the impugned auction notice but the present status of the land as to whether it can be used for the purpose of construction of hospital etc., is not known. Having regard to the fact that auction could not be proceeded further pursuant to the impugned notice, no further cause survives in the writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. However, if the land in question is notified for auction, the petitioner is at liberty to move the Collector concerned and the Government for earmarking the same for public purpose if they are interested to preserve it for the said purpose and if any such application is filed, it is for the respondents to consider the same and pass appropriate orders. If it is decided that the land in question is to be disposed of by way of public auction, the petitioner is at liberty to avail the remedies available to it in law. A. GOPAL REDDY, J 17-03-2011 ks