IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 16607 of 2001 Between: 1 K.Simhachalam S/o Late K.Appaiah R/o Vepagunta, Visakhapatnam District. 2 K.Appayamma W/o Muthayulu R/o Vepagunta, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND The Executive Officer, Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Vari Devasthanam, Simhachalam, visakhapatnam District. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction, directing the respondents to receive the amount as indicated in G.O.Ms.No.578 Revenue (Endts-IV) Department dt: 19.8.2000 from the petitioners and issue no objecting certiﬁcate for the land to and extent of 1900 Sq. Yards in Sy.No.48/1B situated at Vepagunta Village, Pendurthy Mandal, Visakhapatnam District and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.VIDYASAGAR MAREPPA Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.M.ADINARAYANA RAJU The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.16607 OF 2001 ORAL ORDER: The grievance of the petitioner in this writ petition is that Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Vari Devasthanam, Simhachalam, Visakhapatnam District, was not receiving the amount due from the petitioners for regularizing their possession over the land admeasuring 1900 square yards in Survey No.48/1B of Vepagunta Village, Pendurthy Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. A counter aﬃdavit is ﬁled by the Executive Oﬃcer of the respondent-Devasthanam stating to the eﬀect that the petitioners had paid the regularization amount of Rs.3,99,000/- and after due veriﬁcation of their eligibility, the respondent-Devasthanam had issued land Regularization Certificate bearing No.593 dated 05.02.2002. In the light of the statement made in the counter aﬃdavit, it is clear that no cause of action survives for consideration in this writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________________ P.V.SANJAY KUMAR, J. 22nd October, 2008. VGSR