THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2760 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioner wanted himself to be impleaded in the proceedings that were pending before the Special Officer and Competent Authority, Urban Land Ceiling, Hyderabad, the first respondent herein. An application filed by him was rejected by the first respondent, through order, dated 06.02.2008. The same is challenged in this writ petition. Heard Sri P.Indra Prakash, the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Government Pleader for Revenue for respondent No.1, Sri P.Venugopal, the learned counsel for respondent No.8 and Sri V.Jagapathi, the learned counsel for Respondent Nos. 9 and 10. The petitioner, no doubt, had urged several grounds in support of his contention. The fact remains that the proceedings that were pending before the first respondent under the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976 (for short ‘the Act’) have abated on account of the repeal of the Act. Thereby, the application filed by the petitioner to implead therein has also become infructuous. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:23.03.2009 kdl