THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.1177 of 2003 DATED: 26.08.2010 Between: S. Penta Reddy .. Petitioner And Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Prl. Secretary to Government, Revenue Department, Hyderabad and others. .. Respondents ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus declaring the proceedings in D1/3930/76, dated 05.12.1988, issued by the 2nd respondent- Special Officer and Competent Authority, Urban Land Ceilings, Hyderabad, under Section 8 (4) of the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976 (for short ‘the Act’), and the consequential 10 (3) notice dated 22.07.1998 and 10 (5) notice dated 24.03.2001, as arbitrary and illegal, and consequently declare that the property admeasuring Ac.3.36 gts. along with House No.2-96 consisting of 120.40 sq. mtrs. In Sy.Nos.101 and 102 of Mulardevpalli Village, Rajendra Nagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, stands exempted and is not covered by the provisions of the Act. While admitting the petition on 22.01.2003, this Court passed interim orders in W.P.M.P.No.1504 of 2003, directing the parties to maintain status quo obtaining as on that date, until further orders, and the same were subsequently made absolute. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel on either side submitted that the possession of the subject property is not taken over and in view of adoption of Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999, in the State of Andhra Pradesh with effect from 27.03.2008, further proceedings pertaining to the subject property stood abated, and therefore no further orders need be passed in the present writ petition. Placing on record the said submission, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ____________________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 26th August, 2010 IBL