IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 26659 of 2000 Between: 1 M Guru Murthy S/o M Thimmappa R/o Vittlampalli, H/o Hulikal, Kalyana Durg Mandal, Anantapur District. 2 M Ravi Chandra S/o M Thimmappa R/o Vittlampalli, H/o Hulikal, Kalyana Durg Mandal, Anantapur District. 3 M Bhimalinga S/o M Thimmappa R/o Vittlampalli, H/o Hulikal, Kalyana Durg Mandal, Anantapur District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector, Anantapur, Anantapur District. 2 Revenue Divisional Officer, Dharmavaram, Anantapur District. 3 Mandal Revenue Officer, Kalyana Durg, Anantapur District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:SMT.K.SESHARAJYAM Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “Hence, it is prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or Direction more fully in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring that the action of the respondents taking possession of land of an extent of Ac. 2-50 cents in S.No.115-B of Vitlampalli Village, H/o Hulikal, Kalyan Durg Mandal, Anantapur District belonging to the petitioners without payment of compensation as illegal, improper, arbitrary without any authority to law and consequently direct the respondents to restore back the possession of the said land to the petitioners.” On 04.08.2008, after hearing the case, an order was dictated in the Court. However, as the Court felt that certain clarifications were required, the case was posted for being mentioned on 05.08.2008. On that day, Smt. K.Sesharajyam, learned counsel for the petitioners requested for an adjournment on the ground that she received certain instructions regarding resumption of land from her clients and she needs confirmation of the same. Accordingly, the case has been adjourned to 06.08.2008 and further adjourned to 08.08.2008 and 12.08.2008. Today, at the hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition stated that vide his proceedings, dated 10.01.2001, the District Collector instructed the Revenue Divisional Officer, Dharmavaram to send withdrawal proposals and accordingly, through proceedings, dated 07.05.2003 issued by the Revenue Divisional Officer, Dharmavaram, proposals were sent and the same were accepted by the District Collector vide his proceedings, dated 28.01.2006 and that accordingly, the acquisition proposals were withdrawn and possession of land admeasuring Acs.2.50 cents was returned to the petitioners. In view of the same, the learned counsel for the petitioners stated that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 12th AUGUST, 2008. kvni