HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO and HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V. SURI APPA RAO WRIT PETITION No.22461 of 1994 ORDER (per Sri B.PRAKASH RAO, ACJ): Heard Sri Aka Venkataramana, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Assignment. The petitioners are the declarants in respect of the proceedings under the provisions of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 (for short ‘the Act’). In this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners seek to assail the show cause notice dated 05.09.1994, whereunder the petitioners were called upon to explain as to why the proceedings of the Special Officer & Competent Authority, Urban Land Ceiling, Visakhapatnam issued in C.C.No.8 (4) (1) 2868, 2868A, 2868-B/76, dated 26.08.1987 should not be set aside. The petitioners have straight away approached this Court and filed this writ petition without giving any explanation to the impugned show cause notice. However, it is needless to say that the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976 has been repealed as per the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999, which is being implemented in the State of Andhra Pradesh with effect from 27.03.2008, and therefore, all the proceedings initiated by the respondents get abated. In view of the same, the subject matter of this writ petition has become infructuous. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. B.PRAKASH RAO, ACJ V. SURI APPA RAO, J Date: 15.11.2010 va