THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.4064 of 2010 ORDER: Petitioner Nos. 2 and 3 are the sons of petitioner No.1. Late P.Balakista Reddy, father of petitioner No.1 owned vast extents of land in different survey numbers of Kondapur Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, which is part of Hyderabad Urban Agglomeration. As required under Section 6 of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 (for short ‘the Act’), he filed a declaration in the year 1976. For one reason or the other, the verification thereof was delayed and it was only on 08.12.1999 that the verification report was prepared. This was followed by an order under Section 8(4) of the Act on 24.01.2007. The petitioners contend that the declarant died in the year 1993 itself and the respondents did not bring the legal representatives on record. They feel aggrieved by the order, dated 24.01.2007 and the subsequent proceedings initiated in respect of the land. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Assignment. A declaration was filed way back in the year 1976 and though the extent involved was substantial, no steps were taken for decades together. The declarant died in the year 1993. Not being aware of this, the Special Officer and Competent Authority, respondent No.3 herein, proceeded to pass an order, dated 24.01.2007, under Section 8(4) of the Act to the effect that the declarant holds an extent of 289463.33 square meters of land in excess of ceiling limits. This was followed by other steps contemplated under the Act. The respondents do not dispute that the declarant died long before the order under Section 8(4) of the Act was passed. Time and again, this Court held that an order passed against a dead person is nonest and does not give rise to any legal consequences. Therefore, the writ petition is allowed and the order, dated 24.01.2007, and the consequential proceedings insofar as it relates to the land of the petitioners are set aside. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:04.03.2010. kdl