IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.21657 of 1998 Between: M/s. Southern Tobacco Packers , rep.by its Partner, Chegu Krishna Murthy S/o. Ramakrishnaiah, R/o. P.B.No.341, Grand Trunk Road, Guntur, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of A.P., rep.by Prl.Secretary Revenue(U.C.III) Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Land Reforms and Urban Land Ceiling, Govt. of A.P., Station Road, Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 The Special Officer and competent Authority Urban Land Ceiling, Govt., of A.P., Arundelpet, Guntur. .....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 a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction or like nature to set aside the orders of the 1st respondent issued in Memo.No. 20977/UC -III(2) /95-4 dt.8-5-98 as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 14 of the constitution of India and in violation of the principles of natural justice or in the alternative , this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to remand the mater to the preliminary authority ie the 3rd respondent herein for considering the petitioner's case afresh and to pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble court deems fit and proper, in the circumstances of the case . Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.V.V.PRABHAKARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.1: G.P. FOR ASSIGNMENT Counsel for the Respondent Nos.2 and 3: GP FOR CEILING The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.21657 of 1998 ORDER: The present Writ Petition arises under the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976 (for short ‘the Act’). As per the counter-aﬃdavit ﬁled by the Special Oﬃcer and Competent Authority, Urban Land Ceilings, Guntur, the proceedings under the Act had only reached upto the stage of Section 9 of the Act. The present Writ Petition pertains to the rejection of the Petitioner’s application for grant of exemption under Section 20(1)(a) of the Act. In the light of the Government of Andhra Pradesh adopting the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999 with eﬀect from 27.03.2008, only such matters, which have proceeded upto Section 10(6) of the Act would survive. The present case, having proceeded only upto the stage of Section 9 of the Act, automatically abates upon the adoption of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999. With the above observation, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ P.V.SANJAY KUMAR, J Date: 11.09.2008 va