THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.18885 of 2005 DATED: 25.03.2010 Between: Krovvidi Narasimham .. Petitioner And The Special Officer and Competent Authority, Urban Land Ceiling, Hyderabad. .. Respondent ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Urban Land Ceiling appearing for the respondent. Questioning the notification dated 28.05.2005 issued by the respondent-Special Officer and Competent Authority, Urban Land Ceiling, Hyderabad, which was published in the A.P. Gazette on 01.06.2005, declaring that the land of the petitioner, admeasuring 16.424.08 sq.mtrs. in Sy.No.48 (part) of Guttala Begumpet Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, shall be deemed to have been acquired by the State Government, under the provisions of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 (for short ‘the Act’), and vested in the State Government free from all encumbrance with effect from 10.06.2005, the petitioner filed the present writ petition. Respondent filed counter-affidavit, categorically stating that the possession of the subject land is not taken over under Section 10(6) of the Act and in view of adoption of Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999, in the State of Andhra Pradesh with effect from 27.03.2008, further proceedings under the Act, in respect of the subject land, stood abated. In view of the aforesaid averments made in the counter-affidavit, no further orders need be passed in this writ petition and the writ petition is liable to be closed. The writ petition is accordingly closed, recording the stand taken by the respondent in his counter-affidavit referred to above. No order as to costs. ____________________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 25th March, 2010 IBL