THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.22785 of 2006 DATED: 12.03.2010 Between: P. Padmaja and others .. Petitioners And Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by Secretary, Revenue (UC) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others. .. Respondents ORDER: By this writ petition, the petitioners pray for a direction to the respondents to consider the applications submitted by them, in terms of G.O.Ms.No.455 Revenue (U.C.I) Department dated 29.07.2002, for allotment of surplus land in Sy.No.1007 of Kukatpally Village and Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, which was purchased by them, under registered sale deeds, for valid consideration from the predecessor-in-title and is in their occupation. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents placed before this Court, a letter dated 04.03.2010 addressed to him by the 2nd respondent- Special Officer and Competent Authority, Urban Land Ceiling, Hyderabad, wherein it is stated that, in view of adoption of Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, the cases in respect of Sy.No.1007 of Kukatpally Village, which were held up at the stage of Section 8 (4) of Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, stood abated, and thereupon, in view of the instructions of the Government and on the petitioners filing Form-62 and requesting for refund of the amount paid by them, the amounts paid by them were refunded, pursuant to U.O.Note dated 20.04.2009. The aforesaid letter has been made part of the record and, in view of the contents thereof, no further orders need be passed in this writ petition and the writ petition is liable to be closed. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed. No order as to costs. ___________________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 10th March, 2010 IBL