IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.20706 of 2002 Between: 1 Smt.B.Jayalakshmi W/o Sri B.S.A.Swamy R/o Hyderabad. 2 Smt.P.Savitramma W/o Late Sri Apparao Gollapalem D.No.29-2-53, Near Old Central Jail, Visakhapatnam. 3 Shri.P.Bhaskara Rao S/o Late Sri Apparao Gollapalem D.No.29-2-53, Near Old Central Jail, Visakhapatnam. 4 P.Prabhakar Rao S/o Late Sri Apparao D.No.50.39-9/2, TPT colony, Seethammadhara, Visakhapatnam. 5 Smt.Y.Swanthantea Bharathi W/o Tararao Madhurawada NH-5. D.No.1-126/A, Opp: Price Dada, Visakhapatnam. 6 Smt.P.Nandakumar S/o Late Sri Apparao Old Sterling Towers Apartmets Plot.No.4 BS Lay out , Seethammadhara, Visakhapatnam. 7 Smt.P.Vidyavathi W/o Sudershan Rao Prince Appartments, Plot.No.9, D.No.1.11.12, M V P Colony, Visakhapatnam. 8 Smt.K.Nookalamma W/o Late Shri Appala Swamy Maharanipeta, D.no.10.20.24, Pithani Dibba Visakhapatnam. 9 Smt. G.Polithalli W/o Shankar Rao Maharanipeta, D.no.10.20.25, Pithani Dibba Visakhapatnam. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Municipal Corporation of Visakhapatnam. Rep by its Commissioner , Visakhapatnam. 2 Governmert of Andhra Pradesh Rep by its Secretary Municipal Administration Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:NONE APPEARED The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “For the reasons stated in the accompanying affidavit, it is therefore prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue any appropriate Writ, order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to arrive at the land in their possession by the getting the land surveyed and to initiate proceedings under provisions of the land Acquisition Act to acquire the lands in its possession approximately an extent of 4 acres out of total extent of Acres 10.3 cents covered by TS.No.1050/1, situated in Waltair within the local limits of Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation and to pay compensation at the market value immediately or in the alternatively direct the respondents to handover physical possession of the land to the petitioner and other owners after removing all the structures, Nala, public Lavatories, Electrical Polls, drainage and Water pipes immediately.” On 19.02.2009, no one appeared for the petitioners. Even today, there is no appearance for the petitioners despite the fact that the writ petition is coming up under the caption ‘for dismissal’. It is, therefore, reasonable to presume that the petitioners are not interested in pursuing their cause in the writ petition. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed in default. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition in default, WPMP.No.25909 of 2002 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 20th FEBRUARY, 2009. kvni