THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W.P. No. 6523 of 2008 Oral order: The petitioner states that their family own agricultural lands in which they constructed houses and are living therein. While so, after coming into force of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the ULC Act’), his father, brothers and sisters filed declarations under Section 6 of the ULC Act. The petitioner states that respondent No.1, namely the Special Officer and Competent Authority, without computing the holding of his sisters, instead of passing order under Section 8(4) of the ULC Act, passed final statement holding that his family is entitled to 10,000 Sq. yds. and the rest of the land has to be surrendered. The petitioner states that the Central and State Governments had time and again issued orders to compute the holding of lady family members. Therefore, based on such orders, his sisters, in the year 1998 filed objections to consider their entitlement. Upon considering the said objections, respondent No.1 passed orders in the year 1999 holding that the family of the petitioner does not possess excess land. Based on such orders, the petitioner states that their family sold the land to third parties. While the matters stood thus, the petitioner states that respondent No.1 after lapse of ten years, issued notice dated 27.02.2008 stating that the Government ordered re-enquiry into the orders passed by the then Special Officer and Competent Authority, Guntur, in C.C. No. 161/81A, and called upon the petitioner to attend for the enquiry on 03.03.2008. Hence, questioning the said notice, the petitioner filed the present writ petition contending that since respondent No.1 had passed an order stating that the petitioner’s family does not hold excess land, he has no jurisdiction whatsoever to re-enquire or re-consider the matter, much less on the orders of the Government, and even though the Government have the power of revision under Section 34 of the ULC Act, but such power has to be exercised within a reasonable period and not after lapse of ten years. As in spite of granting sufficient time, the respondents did not file counter, this Court by order dated 24.04.2008, granted stay of all further proceedings pursuant to the impugned notice dated 27.02.2008, including appearance of the petitioner. Thereafter, respondent No.1 filed affidavit stating that the A.P. State Legislature on 27.03.2008 passed resolution adopting Repeal Act, 1999, and that in pursuance thereof, the Government issued Circular Memo No. 17377/UC.I/2008-1, dated 24.04.2008, inter alia stating that only cases in which possession of surplus lands taken by Government u/s. 10(6) of the ULC Act, will be saved. That since in the case on hand, the petitioner was declared as non-surplus holder, having regard to the orders issued by the Government in the Circular Memo, the proceedings now initiated by respondent No.1 against the petitioner, shall stand abated. Since the cases, in which possession of surplus lands taken by the Government under Section 10(6) of the ULC Act, are said to be saved from the provisions of the Repealing Act, 1999 adopted by the A.P. State Legislature, and having regard to the fact that the petitioner was declared as non-surplus holder, and no possession of the petitioner’s land or his family members having been taken by the Government under Section 10(6) of the ULC Act, the proceedings now initiated by respondent No.1 against the petitioner, shall stand abated. Hence, the writ petition is closed. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J Dated: 25th January, 2010 KSR