IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.5559 of 2008 Between: K.Lakshminarayana Reddy S/o.K.Venkatesu D.No.3-314, Garladinne (V) &Post Garladinne(M) Anantapur Dist ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Central Government, rep.by its Secretary Ministry of Shipping Road Transport and Highways Govt.of India New Delhi 2 The Joint Collector and Competent Authority for Land Acquisition Anantapur Anantapur Dist 3 The Project Director National Highways Authority Of India Anantapur Anantapur Dist .....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 a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction holding that the action of the 1st respondent in not appointing an Arbitrator under Sec.3 G(5) of the National Highways Authority Act 1956 as illegal arbitrary and unreasonable and further direct the 1st respondent to appoint an Arbitrator under Section 3G(5) of the Said Act to determine the market value of Ac 3.37 cents in S.No.320/2B of Garladinne (V) and (M) Anantapur Dist. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.SOMA KONDA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION MR. S.S. VARMA (CGSC) M/S. KHINI & CO. The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.5559 OF 2008 ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication. Recording the said submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 5th March, 2009. IBL