IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF AUGUST, TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.27868 of 2008 Between: Smt. Ayesha Ishrath … Petitioner And The Special Deputy Collector, LA., Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Hyderabad & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri K. Jamalee Counsel for respondents 1,5&6: GP for Land Acquisition Counsel for respondents 2&4: Sri R. Radhakrishna Reddy Counsel for respondent No.3: AGP for Municipal Administration This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.27868 of 2008 ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “… Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of respondent No.5 herein in issuing the Notification under Section 4 of Act 1 of 1894 as amended by Act XXXVIII of 1923, dated 09.09.2008 and same published in the A.P. Gazette, Extraordinary, Hyderabad dated 12.09.2008 as arbitrary and violative of Principles of Natural Justice and consequently direct the respondents to not to dispossess the petitioner from his premises bearing municipal No.12-2-836/10 situated at Asif Nagar, Hyderabad, admeasuring thirty (30) square yards in the interest of justice.” At the hearing, the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition, on instructions, submitted that the award has not been passed so far. Inasmuch as the period of two years from the date of declaration made under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, “the Act”) for passing award, as envisaged under Section 11-A of the Act, has admittedly expired, the land acquisition proceedings initiated under the impugned proceedings have lapsed. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of, however, with liberty to the respondents to initiate fresh proceedings at their option. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.36530 of 2008 and WVMP.No.2275 of 2010 are also disposed of. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 29.08.2011 ES