IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JUNE, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.17929 of 2005 Between: Lalaiah and eleven others. … Petitioners And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Reptd., by its Principal Secretary, Irrigation Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and three others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri D.Bhaskar Reddy. Counsel for respondents: AGP for Irrigation. This Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “ …to issue a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, declaring the action of the respondents in acquiring the lands belonging to the petitioners situated in Sy.No. 166/A admeasuring AC. 5.01 guntas, Sy.No.165/EE admeasuring Ac. 2.20 Gunta; Sy.No.14/AA, admeasuring Ac. 5.25 guntas, Sy.No. 16/A/3, admeasuring Ac. 3.00; Sy.No. 164/a, admeasuring Ac. 1.17 guntas; Sy.No. 164/A, admeasuring Ac. 2.33 guntas; Sy.No. 165/E, admeasuring Ac. 2.17 guntas; Sy.No. 166/aa, admeasuring Ac 1.10 guntas; Sy.No. 16/25, admeasuring Ac. 3.00 respectively situated in Bardipur Village, Jharasangam Mandal, Medak District without initiating any proceedings under the provisions of Land Acquisition Act and in not paying any compensation to the petitioners as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents to initiate the proceedings under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act in respect of the said lands and pay the compensation to the petitioners forthwith”. At the hearing, Sri D.Bhaskar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners, submitted that after filing of this Writ Petition, the respondents initiated land acquisition proceedings. In the counter-affidavit filed by the Chief Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh, it is stated that land acquisition proceedings were initiated by publishing draft notification on 17-4-2008 and draft declaration on 18-4-2008 and that consent award was passed on 18-4-2008. It is further stated that a sum of Rs.11,98,700/- was paid under acknowledgment to the petitioners. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that in view of the above-mentioned averments contained in the counter-affidavit, the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive for consideration. The Writ Petition is, therefore, dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition, WPMP No.22810 of 2005 is also dismissed as infructuous. -------------------------------------- -- C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 25-06-2008 MNR