IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT APPEAL NO : 1561 of 2000 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 25/10/2000 in WP NO : 23278 OF 1999 on the file of the High Court.) Between: 1 Govt. of A.P Rep.by its Secretary Revenue Department Secretariat Hyderabad. 2 The Special Officer and Competent Authority Urban Land Ceilings Nampally Hyderabad. ..... APPELLANT(S) AND 1 L.Lakshmana Rao S/o.L.V.Naid R/o.Flat.No.201,Sai Teja Apartments Engineers Colony Yellareddyguda Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad Tank Bund Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Appellants: THE ADVOCATE GENERAL Counsel for the Respondents: MR.C.HANUMANTHA RAO The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI AND THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN W.A.NO. 1561 OF 2000 JUDGMENT: (Per Smt. T. Meena Kumari, J) It is submitted that the Government of Andhra Pradesh has repealed the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976 by adopting the Central Government’s Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999 in the State of Andhra Pradesh with effect from 27.3.2008 vide A.P. Gazette notification dated 22.4.2008, Government of Andhra Pradesh’s Circular Memo No. 17377/UC.I (1)/2008-1, dated 24.4.2008 and G.O.Ms.No. 615, Revenue (UC.I) Department, dated 26.4.2008 and the present case which pertains to Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976 is covered by the said notification. Recording the same, no further orders are necessary to be passed in this writ appeal which is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. ____________________ T. MEENA KUMARI, J __________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J Dt. 30.6.2008 KR .......REGISTRAR To 1. The Commissioner Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad Tank Bund Hyderabad. 2. 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WA {CHP}