IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 12228 of 2008 Between: 1 Bhupathi Raju Satyanarayana Raju S/o.Late Sri Suryanarayana Raju R/o.Pamulaparru ,UndiMandal West Godavari District 2 Bhupathi Raju Venkata Krishnam Raju S/o.Late Sri Suryanarayana Raju, R/o.Pamulaparru ,UndiMandal West Godavari District ..... PETITIONERS AND Municipal Corporation , Rajahmundry, E.G.District rep.by its Commissioner .....RESPONDENT 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 an appropriate writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring the action of the respondent authority in proposing to conduct auction of the lease hold rights of the agricultural land of an extent of Ac.31.00 cents situated in Sy.Nos.555,556,571,572,575/6,576,577,578/4.578/5 and 582/6 of china Kapavaram village Akiveedu Mandal , West Godavari District vide auction notice bearing Roc.No.168/1981-A1 dated 5.6.2008 as illegal, arbitrary, and unjust and consequently direct the respondent to renew the lease of the petitioners of the said land by enhancing the amount by 33 1/3% for the ensuing 3 years period. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.N.SIVA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.A.VISHNU VARDHAN REDDY The Court made the following : ORDER This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners, who are two in number, with a prayer to issue writ, Order, or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent-authority in proposing to conduct auction of the lease hold rights of the agricultural land to an extent of Ac.31-00 cents situated in Sy.Nos.555,556,571,572,575/6, 576, 577, 578/4, 578/5 and 582/6 of China Kapavaram Village, Akiveedu Mandal, West Godavari District, as arbitrary and illegal . When the writ petition came up for admission, an interim order came to be passed staying the confirmation of the auction. Now, the learned standing counsel appearing for the respondent submits that the auction has been held and the highest bidder quoted an amount of Rs.4,80,000/-. Apparently, the amount is far higher than the amount offered by the petitioner. Such is the situation, the writ petition does not survive for adjudication and accordingly, the same is dismissed at the admission stage. No costs. The interim order granted on 13-06-2008 stands vacated. _________ 18-07-2008 rkk