THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.22092 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner, who was granted pattedar pass books with respect to the lands in question in the year 2007, questions the action of the Joint Collector in entertaining an appeal preferred by the 6th respondent on the ground of lack of jurisdiction. When the matter came up on 04.08.2011, Learned Government Pleader sought time to obtain instructions. Today, Learned Government Pleader would fairly state that it is the Revenue Divisional Officer who is the competent authority; the Joint Collector has merely issued notice and has not heard the matter at all; he now proposes to transmit the proceedings to the Revenue Divisional Officer; and, as he will no longer exercise jurisdiction in relation to the appeal, the cause in the Writ Petition does not necessitate adjudication. While Sri A.V. Seshasai, Learned Counsel for the petitioner, would submit that the proceedings cannot be transmitted, and the remedy of the 6th respondent is only to file an appeal afresh, these are matters wholly extraneous to the cause in this Writ Petition in as much as it is only the jurisdiction of the 3rd respondent which is under challenge herein. Now that the 3rd respondent has ceased to exercise jurisdiction over the appeal, the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive, necessitating its adjudication by this Court in proceedings under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Recording the submission of the Learned Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is dismissed. However, in the circumstances, without costs. _________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN 05.08.2011 MRKR