IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 20204 of 2002 Between: K. Ashok Kumar S/o Late Mallaiah Gupta R/o 13-6-447, Konijeti Enclave, Phase-I, Gudimalkapur, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Urban Land Ceiling (ULC) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner, O/o The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, A.P., Hyderabad. 3 Special Officer & Competent Authority, Urban Land Ceiling, Hyderabad. 4 Mandal Revenue Officer, Asif Nagar Mandal, Hyderabad. 5 District Collector, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.V.VENKATARAMANA (NOT PRESENT) Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR REVENUE (ASSIGNMENT) The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled for a Writ of Certiorari to quash order dated 03.12.2001 passed by respondent No.2 whereby he dismissed the appeal ﬁled against order passed by Respondent No.3 under Section 8(4) of the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976 (for short ‘the Act’). 2. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignments) fairly stated that the proceedings initiated under the Act have remained at Section 10(1) stage and that the land has not got vested with the Government, in the absence of an order passed under Section 10(3) of the Act. 3. In view of the same and following the resolution dated 27.03.2008 passed by the Andhra Pradesh State legislature adopting the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999, the proceedings initiated under the Act in respect of Ac.5.39 gts. in Sy.Nos.137/A, 138/1B, 136/B, 138/1C and 138/2 of Gudimalkapur village, Asifnagar Mandal, Hyderabad District, stand abated. 4. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.25352 of 2002 and WVMP.No.3240 of 2005 are disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J 14.10.2008 v v