HON’BLE SHRI G.S. SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE WRIT PETITION NO. 16641 OF 1996 BETWEEN Vaddireddy Narasimha Reddy ………Petitioner And The Mandal Revenue Officer, Badvel Mandal, Kadapa district & another ………Respondents :: O R D E R:: Counsel for Petitioner : Shri P. Veera Reddy Counsel for Respondents : Government Pleader for Revenue Dated: 08.06.2006 In this petition, the petitioner has prayed for issue of a mandamus to the respondents to assign land measuring Ac.1.60 cents in survey No.1168/2 and Ac.0.20 cents in survey No.1151 of Badvel village and mandal, Kadapa district. In paragraph 8 of the counter-affidavit filed by Shri R. Chennakesava Reddy, the then Mandal Revenue Officer, Badvel, Kadapa district, the following averments have been made: “In reply to para 7 of the petitioner’s affidavit, it is submitted that the petitioner’s application for grant of assignment was enquired into. After taking into consideration of the earlier enjoyment, income desired and the landed property possessed by him, the application was rejected for grant of patta. Hence, the question of continuing the Ek-sal permission does not arise as it is already cancelled by the competent authority by implementing the interim order in the above writ petition dated 16.08.1996. Hence, the writ petition has become infructuous. Questioning the subsequent order, the petitioner has filed Writ Petition No.13214 of 1998. In the said writ petition, the Government has filed counter.” Learned counsel for the petitioner says that in view of the fact that the application filed by his client was rejected by the concerned authority and the rejection is under challenge in Writ Petition No.13214 of 1998, this petition may be disposed of as infructuous. In view of the statement made by the learned counsel, the writ petition is disposed of as infructuous. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ ksld 08.06.2006