IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 6466 of 2000 Between: Samata Co-op. Housing Society Ltd., Rep. by its President Sri K.R.Narasimha Reddy, S/o. K.Ram Reddy, R/o. 16-7-692/2, Osmanpura, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Union of india, Rep. by its Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi. 2 The Government of A.P., Rep. by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3 The Special Officer and Competent Authority, Uraban Land Celings, Hyderabad. 4 The Government of A.P., Rep. by its District Collector, Ranga Reddy District. 5 Sri Navar Manikya Reddy, S/o. Sri Kishta Reddy R/o. Village Mailardevpally, Tq. Rajendranagar, Ranga Reddy District. 6 Sri Navar Malla Reddy, S/o. Sri Kishta Reddy R/o. Village Mailardevpally, Tq. Rajendranagar, Ranga Reddy District. 7 Sri Navar Chenna Reddy, S/o. Sri Kishta Reddy R/o. Village Mailardevpally, Tq. Rajendranagar, Ranga Reddy District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus a) declaring the sub-section 2 of section 1 of the Urban Land (Ceilings & Regulation) Repeal Act (Act 15 of 1999) in so far as it stipulates that the said Act shall apply to the State of A.P., only on adoption of that Act by resolution by the A.P.State Legislature in that behalf; as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and set aside the same; b) declaring that the provisions of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act (Act 33 of 1976) are no longer applicable and operative in the State of A.P., and c) restraining the respondents 2, 3 and 4 from interfering with the possession and enjoyment of the land in S.Nos. 103/17, 103/18 and 103/19 by the petitioner and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.J.VENKATESWARA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.6466 of 2000 ORDER: (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice V. Eswaraiah) The petitioner questions Sub-Section 2 of Section 1 of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act (Act 51 of 1999) insofar as it stipulates that the said Act shall apply to the State of A.P. only on adoption by the A.P.State Legislature. It is stated that subsequently the State Legislature has repealed the said Act and, therefore, nothing survives in the writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ V.ESWARAIAH, J __________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J Date :24-04-2009 Prv