IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF OCTOBER, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.13281 of 2002 Between: Thochem Gram Panchayat, Sydapuram Mandal, Nellore District, Rep., by its Sarpanch, Kareti Srinivasulu Reddy & another. … Petitioners AND The District Collector, Nellore & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners : Sri P. Sridhar Reddy Counsel for respondents 1 to 3: AGP for Revenue Counsel for respondents 5 to 96: Sri K. Chaitanya This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.13281 of 2002 ORDER:- This writ petition is ﬁled for a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.3 in granting pattas to third parties, who are subsequently impleaded as respondent Nos.5 to 96 in this writ petition, as illegal and arbitrary. Heard Sri P. Sridhar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue for respondent Nos.1 to 3 and Sri K. Chaitanya for the impleaded respondents. In the counter aﬃdavit ﬁled by the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer, Sydapuram Mandal, Nellore District, it is inter alia stated that the Eksal lease granted in respect of 74 persons at the rate of Ac.1.50 cents each expired on 30.06.2002 and the same was not renewed subsequently. In view of this statement contained in the counter aﬃdavit, which is not disputed either by the learned counsel for the petitioners or the learned counsel for respondent Nos.5 to 96, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous with liberty to the petitioners to avail appropriate remedy as and when similar leases are granted in future. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition as infructuous, WPMP.No.16517 of 2002 and WVMP.No.620 of 2002 are also dismissed as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 30.10.2008 ES