HON’BLE SHRI G.S. SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE WRIT PETITION NO. 10947 OF 1996 Between: A. Prasad Reddy and another ……Petitioners And The Mandal Revenue Officer, Tirupati, Chittoor District and others ……Respondents :: ORDER :: Counsel for the petitioners : Sri Y. Narasimha Reddy Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 3 : Government Pleader for Revenue Dated: 05-04-2006 In this petition, the petitioners have prayed for quashing the action of official respondents to entertain application made by respondent Nos.4 to 6 and permitting them to purchase land measuring Ac.0-06 cents comprised in Survey No.697/2 situated in Satyanarayanapuram village, Tirupati, Chittoor district. They have also prayed for restraining the official respondents from dispossessing them from the land in question. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. In my opinion, the writ petition is liable to be dismissed because, by an order dated 13-2-2003, the same was dismissed in default qua respondent Nos.4 to 6 and no steps were taken by the petitioners for setting aside that order. It hardly needs emphasis that respondent Nos.4 to 6 against whom relief has been claimed by the petitioners are necessary parties. Since the writ petition has been dismissed against those respondents, no effective relief can now be given to the petitioners and the action of the official respondents to grant permission to the private respondents to purchase the property in dispute cannot be nullified. With the above observations, the writ petition is dismissed. G.S. SINGHVI, CJ 05-04-2006 ks / svs