IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No. 1547 of 2001 Between: P.Raghavendra Rao, S/o.Paramdhamaiah, R/o.MIG-I, 136, Simhapuri Housing Colony, Vepagunta Post, Visakhapatnam. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary to Government, Revenue (Endowments-IV) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Devasthanam, Rep. by its Executive Officer, Simhachalam, Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue any appropriate Writ, Order or direction preferably a Writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the Respondents not to enforce the G.O.Ms.No.578, dated:19-8-2000 against the petitioner in respect of the lands measuring 88 cents and 22.1/2 cents in Sy.No.19/1 and 17/1 respectively of Chimalapalli Village and pass. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.Y.SUDHAKAR Counsel for the Respondent No.1: GP FOR REVENUE Counsel for the Respondent No.2: SRI M. ADINARAYANA RAJU The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No. 1547 of 2001 ORDER: Heard Sri Y.Sudhakar, learned counsel for the Petitioner and Sr i M.Adinarayana Raju, learned counsel for the second Respondent. In the present Writ Petition, the Petitioner challenges the enforcement of G.O.Ms.No.578, dated 19.08.2000 against the Petitioner in respect of the lands in Survey Nos.19/1 and 17/1 of Chimalapalli Village, Visakhapatnam District. It is represented by the learned counsel for the Petitioner that G.O.Ms.No.578, dated 19.08.2000 was superceded by G.O.Ms.No.253, dated 03.03.2005. In the light of the said submission, the cause of action does not survive in the present Writ Petition, which is limited to the enforcement of the superceded G.O.Ms.No.578, dated 19.08.2000. However, it is brought to the notice of this Court that in a similar Writ Petition, W.P.No.2694 of 2001, this Court, while dismissing the Writ Petition reserved liberty to the Petitioner therein to make an application for regularization of his possession over the land. The learned counsel for the Petitioner prays that a similar observation be made in the present Writ Petition also. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed, leaving it open to the Petitioner to make an application for regularization of his possession as per the prevailing policy, if any. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ P.V.SANJAY KUMAR, J Date: 11.09.2008 va