IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 25061 of 1996 Between: 1 BATCHU ANANTHA PADMANABHA RAO, S/O LATE SANJEEVA RAO 6-1-84, T. NAGAR, TIRUPATI 2 SMT. BATCHU KRISHNA KISHORE, S/O BATUCHU ANANTHA PADMANABHA RAO, 6-1-84, T. NAGAR, TIRUPATI. 3 MINOR BATCHU KRISHNA KISHORE, S/O BATCHU ANANTHA PADMANABHA RAO, 6-1-84, T. NAGAR , TIRUPATI. REP. BY HIS MOTHER AND GUARDIAN, SMT. BATCHU ARUNA ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 DISTRICT COLLECTOR, CHITTOOR. 2 LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER -CUM-DEPUTY COLLECTOR, T.T. DEVASTHANAM, TIRUPATHI. 3 VICE-CHAIRMAN, TIRUPATHI URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, TIRUPATHI. 4 SPECIAL THASILDAR, LAND ACQUISITION, TIRUPATHI URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, TIRUPATHI. 5 TIRUPATHI MUNICIPALITY, REPRESENTED BY ITS ; COMMISSIONER, TIRUPATHI. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ, or direction or order preferably in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the publication made by the 1st respondent under Sec. 6 of Land Acquisition Act, under Form 5-A in the proceedings Rc. B.10/2513/96 dated 6.10.1996 dated 6.10.1996 published in Eenadu Telugu Newspaper, Tirupathi Edition dated 9- 11-1996 as illegal and void and being violative of Articles 14,15(1) (2) 21 and also Article 31 of the Constitution and also being violative of principles of natural justice and forbid the respondents from proceeding in any manner in pursuance of the said publication and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.R.PRABHAKAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission of the court to withdraw this writ petition leaving it open to the petitioners to invoke suitable remedies as are available to them in law with regard to the issue raised in the present writ petition duly taking into account the subsequent events. The permission is granted accordingly. The writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn reserving liberty to the petitioners to invoke such remedies as are available to them in law. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar October 24, 2008 MAS