IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO:11955 of 2000 Between: UB Elastomers Limited, Rep. by its Director, Sri A.T.Rayadu, 90-A, Dasapalla Hills, Visakhapatnam - 3 ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Revenue Secretariat Buildings, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner, Urban Land Ceiling, Station Road, Nampally, Hyderabad 3 Special Officer & Competent Authority, Urban Land Ceiling, Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR. P.VIKRAM FOR MR. C.KODANDA RAM Counsel for the Respondents:AGP FOR REVENUE (ASSIGNMENT) The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in interfering with the petitioner’s possession and enjoyment of land admeasuring Acs.10.31 cents in Survey Nos.22/11 to 14 and 24 of Mulagada Village of Visakhapatnam Mandal and District, as illegal. The petitioner also sought for a consequential direction to set aside G.O.Ms.No.130, Revenue (UC.III) Department, dated 06.03.2000. When this writ petition came up for hearing on 06.11.2008, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment) took time to get instructions whether possession under Section 10(6) of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 (for short ‘the Act’) was taken from the petitioner. Today, at the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment) placed before the Court Fax Message, dated 07.11.2008 sent by the Special Oﬃcer, Urban Land Ceiling, Visakhapatnam to the learned Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment), wherein it is stated that proceeding under Section 10(6) of the Act has not been issued and possession was not taken. Under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999, all proceedings taken under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 stand abated. However, under Section 3(1) of the repeal Act, repeal of the principal Act shall not aﬀect the vesting of any vacant land under Sub- Section (3) of Section 10, possession of which is taken over by the State Government or any person duly authorized by the State Government in this behalf or the competent authority. This Repeal Act was adopted by the Andhra Pradesh State Legislature by it’s resolution passed on 27.03.2008. As possession is not taken under Section 10(6), the writ petition is disposed of by declaring that the proceedings initiated against the petitioner under the principal Act have abated and no adverse consequences ensued against the petitioner on account of G.O.Ms.No.130, Revenue (UC.III) Department, dated 06.03.2000, by which, the exemption granted earlier in favour of the petitioner was revoked. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 11th NOVEMBER, 2008. kvni