IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.21358 of 2000 Between: Nune Veerraju and another. … Petitioners And The District Collector, East Godavari District at Kakinada and seven others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri G.Krishna Murthy. Counsel for respondents: AGP for Revenue. This Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in proposing to acquire the land of the petitioners admeasuring Ac.0.46 cents comprised in Survey No.680/2B of Mandapeta, East Godavari District, as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, Sri G.Krishna Murthy, learned counsel for the petitioners, submitted that since there was no stay in this case, the petitioners’ land was acquired and utilized for the purpose of laying a bye- pass road; and that, therefore, the Writ Petition has become infructuous. In view of the said submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed without prejudice to the right of the petitioners to claim market value for their land acquired by the respondents under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. --------------------------------------- - C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date:25-07-2008 MNR