THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NOS.8098 AND 8100 OF 2010 Dated 13th April, 2010 W.P.No.8098 of 2010 Between: G.Kumaresan …Petitioner And The Divisional Forest Officer and another …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri Suresh Kumar Reddy Kalava Counsel for the respondents: G.P for Forests The Court made the following COMMON ORDER: These two writ petitions are filed for setting aside identical orders passed by respondent No.1 vide proceedings bearing Nos.Rc.OR.No.94/2009-10/G4, dated 05.01.2010 and OR.No.44/2009- 10/G4 dated 13.10.2009 respectively, whereby he declared that the vehicles confiscated under the respective proceedings are the properties of the State. At the hearing, learned Government Pleader for Forests, on instructions, submitted that the vehicles in question were produced before the jurisdictional Magistrate after their seizure and that having so produced, respondent No.1 had no jurisdiction to pass order under Section 39(1) of the Wild Life Act, 1972 as he has done in the present cases. In view of this fair submission of the learned Government Pleader, the impugned proceedings are set aside. The petitioners are left free to avail appropriate remedies available to them under law for getting their vehicles released. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP Nos.10424 and 10426 of 2010 in W.P.Nos.8098 and 8100 of 2010 respectively are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 13th April, 2010 vrn