IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI BILAL NAZKI, THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE DR JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 1487 of 2002 Between: 1 Tirupati Madhusudhan Rao S/o. Tirupati Subbaramaiah D.No. 16/1901-A, Srinivasa Agraharam, Nellore-2, 2 Boganatha Sudhamai, W/o.Boganadham Subbaiah D.No. 16/1897 Srinivasa Agraharam, Nellore-2. 3 Iska Maheswari W/o. Iska Subrahmanyam D.No. 16/1808, Srinivasa Agraharam, Nellore-2. 4 Marri Seshaiah S/o. Marri Subbaiah D.No. 16/1944, Srinivasa Agraharam, Nellore-2. 5 Sayyad Ahmood Bhasha W/o. Sayyad Mahaboob Saheb D.No. 16/1978, Srinivasa Agraharam, Nellore-2. 6 Nallapareddy Subba Reddy S/o. Nallapareddy Venkata Reddy D.No. 16/1861, Srinivasa Agraharam, Nellore-2. 7 Vinamala Chandrasekhar Reddy S/o. Vinamala Subba Reddy D.No. 16/1991, Srinivasa Agraharam, Nellore-2. 8 Dara Surendra Babu S/o. D. Arlanandam D.No. 16/1901-B, Srinivasa Agraharam, Nellore-2. 9 Dubugunta Gowri Shankar S/o. D. Hara Gopal D.No. 16/1901-B, Srinivasa Agraharam, Nellore-2. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Collector and District Magistrate, Nellore. 2 The Secretary, A.P. Pollution Control Board, Hyderabad. 3 The Environmental Engineer, A.P. Pollution Control Board, Regional Office, Nellore. 4 The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Nellore. 5 The Senior Divisional Manager, Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Nagar, Ring Road, Vijayawada. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an order, writ or direction more particularly a Writ of Mandamus Under Article 226 of Constitution of India, declaring the order of the Respondent in his proceedings RC.E5.803/2000 dated 4-01-2002 according permission to the Irrigation Department to alienate 0.21 cents of land in Survey No.1473/1E1 of Nellore Bit-I Village, Srinivasa Agraharam, Nellore Town in favour of the 5th Respondent as illegal, arbitrary, without jurisdiction and violative of Articles 21 & 48- A of the Constitution of India, set aside the same and direct the Respondents 1 to 4 to retain the land in question as green belt and further direct the Respondents not to remove the trees standing in the said land and pass such other order or orders in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.P.SRIDHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents.: MR.M.P.CHANDRAMOULI (Not present) The Court made the following : O R D E R: (Per the Hon’bel Sri Bilal Nazki, ACJ) Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that this writ petition was filed challenging the proposal to alienate the land for establishing a petrol pump. The land was being used as a park. He submits that this proposal has now been dropped. Therefore, no further orders are necessary to be passed in this writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. _____________________ (Bilal Nazki, ACJ) 8th April, 2005 ______________________ (Dr.G.Yethirajulu,J) vrn To 1 The Collector and District Magistrate, Nellore. 2 The Secretary, A.P. Pollution Control Board, Hyderabad. 3 The Environmental Engineer, A.P. Pollution Control Board, Regional Office, Nellore. 4 The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Nellore. 5 The Senior Divisional Manager, Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Nagar, Ring Road, Vijayawada. 6 Two C.D copies.