The Hon'ble Sri Justice C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy Writ Petition No.12867 of 2007 Date: 14.07.2011 Between: Prattipati Venkaiah and 5 others ..... Petitioners AND 1.State Bank of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary to Revenue (Land Acquisition) Department, Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad and 3 others .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri Mangena Sreerama Rao Counsel for Respondent Nos.1, 3 & 4: GP for Land Acquisition Counsel for respondent No.2: None appeared The Court made the following: Order: At the interlocutory stage, the Writ Petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned Counsel for the parties. This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents, in not acquiring the petitioners’ houses situated in Denuvakonda Village despite the same getting submerged in Gundlakamma Reservoir project, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner sought for a consequential direction to the respondents to acquire the entire village in pursuance of G.O.Ms.No.110, Irrigation & CAD (LA.IV-R.R.I.) Department, dated 27-06-2005. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition placed before the Court, letter, dated 13-07-2011, addressed by the Special Deputy Collector (Land acquisition), KOR GRP, Ongole, wherein it is stated that on the representation of the villagers of Denuvakonda Village, the State Government has issued G.O.Rt.No.423, Irrigation & CAD (PW.LA-IV R&R) Department, dated 19-05-2008, according permission to the District Collector, Prakasam District, to relocate partly submersible villages in Gundlakamma reservoir project in Addanki, Korisapadu and Maddipadu Mandals, by paying the values of the structures and providing land infrastructures for the resettlement colonies. It is further stated that in pursuance thereof, notification under Section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) was published in respect of Denuvakonda Village on 16-01- 2009 and the draft declaration under Section 6 of the Act was also published on 08-09-2009. Having regard to these subsequent developments, the petitioners’ grievances stand redressed and the issue raised in this Writ Petition does not survive for adjudication. For the above-mentioned reasons, the Writ Petition is disposed of as infructuous. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.16070 of 2007, filed by the petitioners for interim relief, is disposed of as infructuous. ______________________ (C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy, J) 14th July, 2011 LUR