IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE Mr, JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.13655 of 1996 Between: 1 Tatineni Prakasa Rao (died) rep.by his Lrs 2 Tatineni Prakasa Rao (died) rep.by his Lrs T.L.V.Prasad, S/o. late T.Prakasa Rao,R/o. Madras 3 Smt. Annapoorna W/o.late T.Prakasa Rao r/o. Madras ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Appellate Authority cum the Commissioner of Land Reforms and Urban Land Ceilings, Hyderabad and another 2 The Spl.Officer and Competent Authority Urban Land Ceilings, Hyderabad .....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 an order or orders, or direction or a writ setting aside the order of the Appellate Authority passed U/Sec. 33 of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 in C.NO.UC1/2163/88 dt:27/2/1996 and consequently declare that Shri T.Prakasa Rao and shri T.L.V.Prasad are not holders of surplus vacant land to an extent of 839.49l sq.mts. in Sy.No.129/48, Banjara Hills, Shaikpet (V), Hyderabad under the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act,1976 and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:M/SC.KODANDA RAM Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU W.P.No.13655 of 1996 ORAL ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed seeking to set aside the Order of the Appellate Authority passed under Section 33 of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act,1976 in C.No.UC1/2163/88, dated 27-2-1996 and consequently to declare that T.Prakasa Rao and T.L.V. Prasad are not holders of surplus vacant land to an extent of 839.49 sq.mtrs in Sy.No.129/48 of Shaikpet village, Hyderabad. The said appeal was ﬁled under Section 33 of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act,1976 (for short ‘the Act’) against the Orders dated 8-4-1988 passed by the Special Oﬃcer and Competent Authority, Urban Land Ceiling, Hyderabad holding that the said persons are holders of surplus vacant land to an extent of 839.49 sq.mtrs in Sy.No.129/48 of Shaikpet vi l l age, Hyderabad. The appeal was dismissed by the 1st respondent through the Order dated 27-2-1996. Challenging the same, the present Writ Petition is filed. There is no necessity of going into all the details. The fact remains that the proceedings are at the stage of Section 10(1) of the Act and they are not ﬁnalized. Now, the very Act has been repealed with eﬀect from 27-3-2008. Under those circumstances, all the proceedings issued by the urban land ceiling authorities including the appellate authority shall stand abated. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. 01-8-2008 prk