IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.5481 of 2008 Between: 1 M. Suryanarana Reddy S/o. M.V. Ranga Reddy R/o. D.No.6-3-122, Ramnagar, Anantapur, Anantapur District. 2 M. Sudheer Reddy S/o. M.V. Ranga Reddy R/o. D.No.6-3-122, Ramnagar, Anantapur, Anantapur District. 3 M.V. Ranga Reddy S/o. M.Kesava Reddy R/o. D.No.6-3-122, Ramnagar, Anantapur, Anantapur District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Central Government Rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Government of India, New Delhi. 2 The Joint Collector and Competent Authority for Land Acquisition , Anantapur, Anantapur District. 3 The Project Director, National Highways Authority of India, Anantapur, Anantapur District. .....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 a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or order holding that the action of the 1st respondent in not appointing an Arbitrator under Section 3 G (5) of the National Highways Act 48 of 1956 to fix the market value of the acquired land as illegal, arbitrary and unreasonable and further direct the 1st Respondent to appoint an Arbitrator under Sec.3 G (5) of the National Highways Authority Act of 1956 to award the market value compensation for the land of the petitioners in S.No.344/2B2, 344/2B2 and 220/2A1 respectively and also award damages for the injury sustained by the 2nd petitioner in respect of the remaining land of 7 cents in Sy.No.344/2B2 of Kallur Village, Garladinna Mandal, Anantapur District. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.K.SOMA KONDA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION MR. S.S. VARMA M/S. KHINI & CO. The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.5481 OF 2008 ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 5th March, 2009. IBL