IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION Nos.9603 AND 10167 OF 2001 WRIT PETITION No.9603 OF 2001 Between: B.Sreerama Chandra Murthy S/o. Atchutharama Rao R/o.Boppudi Village, Chilakaluripet Mandal, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Govt.of A.P. Rep.by its Secretary, Endowments Department, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Guntur Dist., Guntur. 3 The Commissioner, Endowments Department, Hyderabad. 4 Revenue Divisional Officer Narsaropet Mandal, Narsarao Pet, Guntur Dist. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or order or dirctionh directing the action of the respondents in intiating land acqusition proceedings with regard to the lands belonging to Sri Malleswara Swamy Temple and Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple, Boppudi Village,Chilakaluripeta Mandal, Guntur District as arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.K.SURESH REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS WRIT PETITION No.10167 OF 2001 Between: B.Sreerama Chandra Murthy S/o. Atchyutharama Rao R/o. Boppudi Village, Chilakaluripet, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Endowments Department, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Guntur District. Guntur. 3 The Commissioner, Endowments Department, Hyderabad. 4 Revenue Divisional Officer, Narasaraopet Mandal, Narasaraopet, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or order or direction declaring the action of the respondents in initiating the land acquisition proceedings with regard to the lands belonging to Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple, Boppudi Village, Chilakaluripet Mandal, Guntur District as arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.K.SURESH REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following : HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION Nos.9603 AND 10167 OF 2001 C O M M O N O R D E R Both these writ petitions are ﬁled challenging the land acquisition proceedings initiated by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in respect of the lands belonging to Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple, Boppudi Village, Chilakaluripet Mandal, Guntur District. Interim stay of the proceedings was granted by this Court in both the writ petitions. When the matters were taken up for ﬁnal hearing, the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition placed before me a copy of the correspondence addressed by the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Narasaraopet, in Rc.No.858/2000-C, dated 23.10.2008. A perusal of the said letter shows that the land acquisition proceedings which were initiated in respect of the lands in Sy.Nos.479, 457 etc. of Boppudi Village, Chilakaluripet Mandal, Guntur District, for establishment of Auto Nagar were dropped in view of the request made by the beneficiary of the acquisition. In the light of this development, it is clear that no cause of action survives for adjudication in these writ petitions. The writ petitions are accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ----------------------------- P.V.SANJAY KUMAR,J 24TH OCTOBER, 2008 PGS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION Nos.9603 AND 10167 OF 2001 24th OCTOBER, 2008