IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION NO : 4009 of 1998 Between: Sri Veereswar Swamy Vari, Sri Bhavanaryanaswamy vari and Sri Seetharamaswamy vari Devasthanams, Rep. by its Executive Officer, Pattisam, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Commissioner of Survey Settlements and Land Records, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT 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 to issue a Writ of MANDAMUS declaring Section 3, 4 and 6 of A.P. Board of Revenue, (Replacement by Commissioners) Act, 1977, as illegal, arbitrary and violative of the beneficial provisions of the A.P. (Andhra Area) Board of Revenue Act, 1894, and violative of Arcle 14, 21, constitution of India, declaring the action of the Commissioner of Survey Settlements and Land Records, at Hyderabad, in entertaining the Revision No.s 197/97, 198/97, 199/97, 200,97, 201/97, 202/97, AND 203/97, at this Juncture of time in the year 1997, upsetting the welconsidered Judgement of the Revenue Divisional Officer, Kovvur, W.G. District, dt. 1-12-1992, in Inam Appeal No. 16/79 and batch after in ordinate delay of 5 yrs, as illegal, declaring that the proceedings before the Commissioner of Survey Settlements, Land Records at Hyderabad, vide the above R.P.No.s 197 of 1997 and batch are redualent and unwarrented as in respect of the same subject lands civil suits vide O.S.No. 614/96 and batch were already instituted, declaring the order of Interim Suspension granted in the R.P.No.s. 197/97, 198/97, 199/97, 200,97, 201/97, 202/97, AND 203/97, suspending the order of the Revenue Divisional Officer, dt. 1- 12-92 in Inam Appeal No. 16/79 and batch, is violative of is ultravirus and violative of the Interim orders granterd by this Hon'ble Court in C.r.P.No. 12/98, 18/98, 67/98, 73/98, 125/98, 215/98, 217/98, 218/97, 220/98, 226/98, 229/98, 237/98, 247/98, 264/98, and the petitioner consequentially prays this Hon'ble Court, to QUASH R.P.No.s. 12/98, 18/98, 67/98, 73/98, 125/98, 215/98, 217/98, 218/97, 220/98, 226/98, 229/98, 237/98, 247/98, 264/98, on the file of the Commissioner Survey Settlements and Land Records at Hyderabad and pass. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.N.GURU GOPAL Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : Form-NIC-OGS/WP{RAGHU} HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH AND HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR W.P.No.4009 of 1998 ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice V.Eswaraiah) The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the subject matter in the writ petition has become infructuous. 2. Recording the statement made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. The interim direction granted earlier stands vacated. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________________ JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH _____________________________ JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR January 27, 2009 Kvr