THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION No.25207 of 1995 DATED: 20-03-2006 Between: C.Appa Rao and others . . .Petitioners And The Spl.Tahsildar (LA), Visakhapatnam. . . .Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION No.25207 of 1995 O R D E R: The petitioner filed this writ petition seeking a direction to the respondent for passing an award in pursuance of the notice issued under Section 9(3) of the Land Acquisition Act for the land acquired. No counter-affidavit is filed by the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. When the matter is taken up for hearing on 13-03-2006, none appeared for the petitioner. In spite of posting the matter under the caption ‘for dismissal’ today, none represents the petitioner. Learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition, on instructions, submits that pursuant to the notice issued under Section 9(3) of the Land Acquisition Act, award was passed and compensation payable to the petitioner has already been disbursed. In view of the same, no cause survives in this writ petition and therefore, it is liable to be dismissed. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. ______________________ (A.GOPAL REDDY, J) 20th MARCH, 2006. kvni