HON'BLE SHRI G.S.SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE W.P. NO.10327 OF 1996 Between: Sri R.Praveen Kumar Reddy ..... Petitioner AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Principal Secretary to Government, Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. .....Respondents ::JUDGMENT:: Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri V.Rajagopal Reddy Counsel for Respondents : Government Pleader for Revenue Dated 14/6/2006 In this petition, the petitioner has prayed for striking down Sections 8 and 9 of the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973 (for short ‘the Act’) and for issue of a direction to the respondents to exempt an area of Ac.25.00 allegedly covered under prawn culture and another area of Ac.24.00 proposed to be utilized for prawn culture. At the hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner gave out that he has been instructed to withdraw the writ petition because the application made by his client for grant of exemption to the land being used for prawn culture is pending consideration. In view of the statement made by the learned counsel, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ Dated 14.6.2006 msv.