HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO:16813 of 2007 Dated: 25-10-2007 Between: D.Narayana Murthy Raju And others ..... Peti AND The Joint Collector, Visakhapatnam. and others. .....Respo Counsel for the petitioners : Sri S.Nanda Counsel for the respondents : A.G.P.for Land Acquisition HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.16813 of 2007 O R D E R: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the inaction of respondent No.1 in disposing of the Appeal Nos.941, 942, 948, 949 and 950 of 1989 filed by the petitioners against the orders dated 31.5.1989 of respondent No.2 as illegal. In para-5 of the counter affidavit filed by respondent No.1, it is averred as under: “ In reply to the averments made in Para-2 of the petitioners’ affidavit, it is submitted that the contents of the petition are not correct. The appeals filed by the petitioners before the Joint Collector, Visakhapatnam against the orders of the Special Officer (LA), Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam in the year 1989 were dismissed on 6.1.1990 itself and this writ petition is filed after a lapse of 18 years after disposing of their appeals.” In view of the submissions contained in the counter affidavit, the cause in the writ petition does not survive. However, Smt.S.Nanda, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners have not received copies of the orders dated 6.1.1990 said to have been passed by respondent No.2. If the grievance of the petitioners is correct, it is open to them to approach respondent No.1 with an application for supplying copies of the orders and on such applications being made by the petitioners, respondent No.1 shall supply certified copies of the orders dated 6.1.1990 within two weeks from the date of receipt of their applications. It shall then be open to the petitioners to avail appropriate remedies available to them in law. With the above observations, the writ petition is dismissed. ___________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:25.10.2007 mdaa