IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2694 of 2001 Between: Simhadrinagar Residents Association, Simhadrinagar, RRV Puram Post, Visakhapatnam. … Petitioner AND State of A.P., rep., by its Secretary to Government, Revenue (Endowments-IV) Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad & another. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri Y. Sudhakar Counsel for respondent No.1: AGP for Endowments Counsel for respondent No.2: Sri M. Adinarayana Rao This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2694 of 2001 ORDER:- This writ petition is ﬁled for a writ of Mandamus to direct the respondent not to enforce G.O.Ms.No.578 dated 19.08.2000 against the members of the petitioner association in respect of the lands admeasuring Ac.2.80 cents comprised in Sy.Nos.196, 197 and 197D and Ac.2.54 cents in patta Nos.31 and 36 of Vepagunta Village, Visakhapatnam. At the hearing, Sri Y. Sudhakar, learned counsel for the petitioner, on the basis of the averments contained in the counter-aﬃdavit ﬁled by respondent No.2, submitted that the impugned G.O. has been superceded by G.O.Ms.No.253 dated 03.03.2005 and that in view of the same, the writ petition may be dismissed with liberty to the petitioner association to seek regularization of the possession of its members in terms of the said G.O. Having regard to this submission of the learned counsel, the writ petition is dismissed, without going into the merits of the case, with liberty to the petitioner association in terms of the prayer made. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.3395 of 2001 and 8139 of 2005 are disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 05.08.2008 ES