IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY TUESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY WRIT PETITION No.26835 of 2001 Between: A.Ranga Rao and three others. … Petitioners And The District Collector, Hyderabad District, Hyderabad and another. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri M.Dilip Rao Counsel for the respondents: ---- This Court made the following: ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “…to issue a Writ, Order , or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondent No.2 directing the Petitioners to pay Rs.1,63,109/- towards deﬁcit stamp duty, through impugned order M.V/47-A/88/2000, dt.30-11-2000 is illegal, bad contrary tot he provisions (saving clause) 47-A of the Act and quash the same, and direct the Respondents to release the Registration documents pertaining to the Petitioners without insisting to pay Rs.1,63,109/- towards deﬁcit stamp duty as directed by the impugned order dt:30-11-2000 issued by the 2nd Respondent” . At the hearing, Sri M.Dilip Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners, submitted that the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive for consideration and that the Writ Petition may be dismissed as infructuous. In view of the same, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition, WPMP No.33953 of 2001 is also dismissed as infructuous. ------------------------------ ------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:23-9-2008 MNR