HON’BLE SHRI G.S. SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE G. BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION No. 8259 OF 2006 BETWEEN: Karaka Ganga Raju ………Petitioner And The District Collector and District Magistrate, Visakhapatnam & others ………Respondents ::O R D E R:: Counsel for the Petitioner : Shri S. Satyam Reddy Counsel for the Respondent No. 1 : Government Pleader for Revenue Counsel for the Respondent No.2 : Government Pleader for Home Counsel for the Respondent No.3 : Government Pleader for Prohibition & Excise Dated: 28.04.2006 Per G.S. SINGHVI, CJ This petition is directed against order dated 07.03.2006 passed by District Collector-cum-Magistrate, Visakhapatnam whereby the petitioner was detained under Section 3(1) and (2) of the Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Land Grabbers Act, 1986. Learned Special Government Pleader has placed before us G.O.Rt.No.2191, dated 27.04.2006 vide which the order impugned in the writ petition has been withdrawn. In view of the above development, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondents to forthwith release the petitioner. G.S. SINGHVI, CJ G. BHAVANI PRASAD, J Note: The Court Officer is directed to give attested copy of this order to the learned counsel for the petitioner, who may present the same before the concerned authorities for facilitating the release of his client. 28.04.2006 ksld