THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION Nos. 18425, 18426, 18427, 18428 AND 18983 OF 2004 Dated: 24.11.2011 IN WRIT PETITION No. 18425 OF 2004 Between : R.Deva Reddy … Petitioner And The Commissioner Appeals and 28 others … Respondents IN WRIT PETITION No. 18426 OF 2004 Between : R.Pratap Reddy … Petitioner And The Commissioner Appeals and 28 others … Respondents IN WRIT PETITION No. 18427 OF 2004 Between : R.Salam Reddy … Petitioner And The Commissioner Appeals and 28 others … Respondents IN WRIT PETITION No. 18428 OF 2004 Between : R.Sree Ram Reddy … Petitioner And The Commissioner Appeals and 28 others … Respondents IN WRIT PETITION No. 18983 OF 2004 Between : R.Pratap Reddy and 5 others … Petitioners And The Commissioner Appeals and 28 others … Respondents THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION Nos. 18425, 18426, 18427, 18428 AND 18983 OF 2004 COMMON ORDER: All these writ petitions are ﬁled aggrieved by the orders passed under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 (for short, ‘U.L.C. Act’) holding that the petitioners are surplus land holders and issuing the notices under Section 10(5) of the U.L.C.Act directing to deliver/surrender possession of the said surplus land. It is not disputed before this Court that by virtue of the interim orders granted by this Court, the possession of the surplus land has not been taken over by the State Government. During the pendency of these writ petitions, the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999 (for short, ‘Repeal Act’) has been enacted by virtue of which the U.L.C.Act was repealed. As per Section 4 of the Repeal Act, all proceedings arising under the principal Act pending immediately before the commencement of the Act shall abate where the possession of the land has not been taken over by the State Government. In the light of Section 4 of the Repeal Act and having regard to the admitted fact that the possession of the land pursuant to the impugned orders has not been taken from the petitioners, the impugned proceedings stood abated. Hence, no further enquiry is necessary and all the Writ Petitions are accordingly disposed of. No costs. ___________ G. ROHINI, J Date: 24.11.2011 Ivd