IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 9498 of 2006 Between: 1 Kondeti Ravindra Prasada Rao S/o.Satyanarayana Murthy R/o.Vedangi Vilage, Poduru Mandal, West Godavari District. 2 Ramalaxmi W/o.Kondeti Ravindra Prasada Rao R/o.Vedangi Village, Poduru Mandal, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 State of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj & Rural Saifabad, Hyderabad. 2 District Collector (panchayat Wing), West Godavari, Eluru. 3 District Level Panchayat Officer, Panchayat Raj Buildings, West Godavari. 4 The Gram Panchayat Vadangi, Poduru Mandal, represented by its Sarpanch, Erramsetti Padma Rao, 5 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Narsapur, West Godavari District. 6 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Poduru Mandal, West Godavari District. .....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 to issue a writ, direction or order more especially, one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus by declaring the action of the 4th Respondent in passing unilaterally a Resolution dated 21.04.2006 for laying an approach road to the aleged burial ground of Harijans on the hamlet of Velangi Gram Panchayat as illegal, arbitrary, capricious and in violation of the principles of natural justice and consequentially, declare the resolution dated 21.04.2006 as contrary to the resolution of the 4th Respondent Gram Panchayat in Resolution No.43, dated 23.11.2005 in accepting for the allotment of 20 Cents of land on the northern side of the village in Survey No.31 of Velangi and pass such order or further orders as are deemed ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.RAVI SHANKAR JANDHYALA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 9498 of 2006 ORDER: The petitioners approached this Court for a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the 4th respondent in proposing to lay a road across their lands, without acquiring the same, as illegal and arbitrary. An interim order was passed on 30.05.2006, directing that in case the implementation of the resolution of the Gram Panchayat involves utilization of the lands of the petitioners, it shall be only after acquiring the said lands or with the consent of the petitioners. Today, it is represented by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the respondents have since published a notiﬁcation under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, dated 02.11.2006, proposing to acquire the lands of the petitioners. With this, the grievance of the petitioners stands redressed and nothing remains to be decided in this writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _________ 29.09.2008 JSU ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KURR} THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 9498 of 2006 Date: 29.09.2008 JSU