IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY THE EIGHTEEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HONOURABLE SRI G.CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION No. 3 0 6 1 OF 2005 Between: Smt.K.C. Lakshmi w/o Nagarjuna Reddy Aged 45 years, R/o H.No. 116-113, Chandanapuri, Prabhladapuram, Visakhapatnam. Visakhapatnam district. …. Petitioner V/s. The Government of Andhra Pradesh Represented by its Chief Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad & 5-Ors. …. Respondents Counsel for the Appellant: Sri K. Siva Kumar Reddy Counsel for the Respondents: GP for Endowments Sri M. Adinarayana Rao- R5 GP for Revenue Sri V. Preethi Reddy Sri B.Viswanatha Reddy – R6 S.C. for HUDA THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION No. 3 0 6 1 OF 2005 J U D G M E N T : (Per the Hon'ble Smt.Justice T.Meenakumari, The Acting Chief Justice) The writ petition is filed seeking mandamus to direct the respondents to dispose of the land of old jail premises in Visakhapatanam in the manner indicated in G.O.Ms.No. 631, Revenue (Endowments-IV) Department, dated 01-10-2002 and distribute the proceeds in accordance with the GO after declaring the action of the VUDA in preparing the layout plan for the said land as being illegal, without authority of law and violative of the provisions of AP Urban Areas Development and Regulation Act, 1976 and to pass such other suitable orders as this court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. 2. On 24-02-2005 this court passed the following order in the main writ petition: In this petition filed as a public interest litigation, a devotee of Sri Vaaralakshmi Narasimha Swamy is questioning the action of the respondents 1 to 3 in utilizing Ac:29-78 cents of land located in the heart of Visakhapatnam city when earlier Central Jail housed by allotting them to Imax Theatre as recommended by VUDA. There is already a public interest litigation filed for this land. Rule Nisi. Call for records. Notice returnable in four weeks. List this W.P. along with WP.No. 3032 of 2005. 3. On the same day, this court passed the following order in WP.MP.No. 4133 of 2005: Govt.Pleader for Endowments accepts notice for R3 and R4. Government Pleader for Home and Revenue also accepts notice for Respondents 1, 2 and 5. Issue notice to Respondent No.6. Till further orders, statusquo obtaining as on today shall continue to be maintained and there shall not be any allotment of the land to anybody and there shall not be any change in the nature of the land. List on 28-3-2005. 4. Today when the matter is listed, the learned counsel for the writ petitioner seeks leave of this Court to withdraw this writ petition with a leave to avail such remedies as may be available to the petitioner in law. 5. Leave is accordingly granted. 6. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as withdrawn. It is needless to observe that if the petitioner avail any such remedy, the same shall be considered on its own merits uninfluenced by the dismissal of this writ petition. No costs. ____________________________ JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE ________________________________ JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH 18-02-2010. I s L THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION No. 3 0 6 1 OF 2005 Judgment of the Division Bench delivered by the Hon'ble Smt. Justice T. Meenakumari, THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE) Circulation Entry No. Date: 18-02-2010 COMPUTER No. 43 Court Master: I s L