THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.6152 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioners challenge the order, dated 28.01.2008, passed by the Special Officer and Competent Authority, Urban Land Ceiling, Hyderabad, the first respondent herein, through which he has withdrawn the permission accorded to the petitioners t o implead themselves in the proceedings pending before him under Section 8(4) of the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976 (for short ‘the Act’). Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, the learned Government Pleader for Revenue for respondent No.1, and the learned counsel for respondents 5 to 11. The first respondent initially impleaded the petitioners as parties to the proceedings under Section 8(4) of the Act and thereafter, has withdrawn the permission on the ground that they did not evince any interest. Irrespective of the merits of the matter, the fact is that the proceedings that were pending before the first respondent have abated on account of the repeal of the Act. Therefore, nothing remains to be decided in this writ petition. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed as infrcutuous. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:23.03.2009 kdl