IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.17778 of 2007 Between: Naveen Chand Sharma … Petitioner And Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Hyderabad & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri Raja Gopallavan Tayi This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.17778 of 2007 ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “…Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ or any appropriate writ or writs or direction/s more particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in seeking to acquire land of the petitioner beyond the notified area of 32.2 square yards vide award in proceedings No.A/1465/2005, dated 23.02.2007 as being illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and violative of Article 300-A of Indian Constitution.” At the hearing, Sri Raja Gopallavan Tayi, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that in pursuance of the impugned acquisition proceedings, the petitioner’s land was already taken over and used for road widening. Having regard to the above fact, no relief can be granted to the petitioner at this stage especially when an award was passed and the land was utilized for the purpose for which it was acquired. For the abovementioned reasons, the Writ Petition is dismissed. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 28.07.2011 ES