IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, TWO THOUSAND NINE PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.9579 of 2002 Between: Smt. Aggani Saroja … Petitioner AND The District Collector, Warangal, Warangal District & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri A. Prabhakar Rao This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.9579 of 2002 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to set aside order dated 25.03.2002 passed by respondent No.1, whereby he attached house bearing No.12-1-14 near Intehjargunj Police Station, Warangal. The petitioner is the wife of Sri Chandraiah, who promoted a private company in the name and style of Sri Ambika Housing Syndicate (India) Limited. The company collected deposits from 102 depositors running into lakhs of rupees and failed to repay the same. On complaints made by the depositors, respondent No.1 invoked the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Protection of Depositors Act, 1999 (for short, ‘the Act’) and attached the abovementioned property under Section 3 of the Act. Questioning this order, the petitioner filed the present writ petition. At the hearing, Sri A. Prabhakar Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the writ petition may be disposed of without going into the merits of the case with the direction to respondent No.1 to complete the proceedings initiated under the Act at an early date, if not already completed, by giving notice and opportunity to the petitioner. The request of the learned counsel is accepted and the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.1 to complete the proceedings, if not already done, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, after giving notice and opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 13.02.2009 ES