IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 8772 of 2007 Between: 1 Mylavarapu Ramanandam S/o Late Samabaiah R/o D. No. 7/86, High School Road, Chilakaluripet, Guntur district, 2 Kota Hanumayamma @ Aruna Kumari w/o K. Anand Rao R/o D. No. 16-2-751/55/67, State Bank Colony, State Bank Colony, Gaddiannaram, Hyderabad-60 ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep by the Secretary, Revenue Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat Building, Hyderabad, 2 The District Collector, Guntur. 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer (Land Acquisition) Narasaraopet, Guntur District. 4 Mylavarapu Venkata Sambasiva Rao S/o Late Gundaiah D.No. 10/352, Pulaparthivari Meda, Rustumbagh, Machilipatnam, Krishna district. 5 Mylavarapu Gundaiah Babu S/o Late Ananda Koteswara Rao r/o H. No. 28/29, Kasturibai Road Opp Viswanadh Picture Palace, Chilakaluripet, Guntur District. 6 Mylavarapu Ramesh S/o Late Ananda Koteswara rao r/o H. No. 28/29, Kasturibai Road Opp Viswanadh Picture Palace, Chilakaluripet, Guntur District. 7 Mylavarapu Jayalakshmi W/o Late M. ananda Koteswara Rao r/o H. No. 28/29, Kasturibai Road Opp Viswanadh Picture Palace, Chilakaluripet, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENTS 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, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of mandamus to declare: (i) the action of the respondent 1 to 3 in taking possession of the ac. 1.00 land (Ac.0.15, in ID 803 A and AC. 0.35 in ID 807) situated at Pasumarru Village, Chilakaluripeta Mandal, Guntur district without following law is arbitrary, capricious, illegal and violative of Articles 14 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and (ii) to direct the Respondents 1 to 3 herein to initiate proceedings under Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquire the above said land and pay compensation to the petitioners and respondents 4 to 7 according the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in R.L. Jain Vs. DDA (2004)4.s.CC 79 in pursuance of the representation of the petitioners, dated 12-02-2007. (iii) and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.POTTIVENKATA RAMANA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following ORDER: The learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the writ petition, without prejudice to the rights of the petitioners to seek appropriate relief. Permission is accorded and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn, leaving it open to the petitioners to pursue their remedies, in accordance with law. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:10.09.2008 kdl