IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT APPEAL NO : 1616 of 1999 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated in NO : OF on the file of the High Court.) Between: ..... APPELLANT AND .....RESPONDENT Counsel for the Appellant: MR.G.KRISHNA MURTHY Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN. * * * WRIT APPEAL NO. 1616 OF 1999 ORAL JUDGMENT : ( Per the Hon’ble Smt. Justice T. Meena Kumari ) 1. The present writ appeal is preferred against the orders dated 10-8-1999 passed by the learned single Judge in WP.No.15843 of 1999. 2. It is stated by the learned counsel for the petitioner that in the writ petition the respondents have not filed any counter-affidavit and the learned single Judge has dismissed WP.No.15843 of 1999 without going into merits of the matter upholding the orders of the Government and even without giving an opportunity to the respondents to file counter-affidavit. 3. In view of the fact that the respondents have filed counter- affidavit in the present writ appeal, we are of the opinion that the matter can be heard by the learned single Judge hearing the land acquisition matters. 4. Under the above circumstances, without going into the merits, we are of the opinion that the order of the learned single Judge dated 10-8-1999 passed in WP.No.15843 of 1999 is hereby set aside and the counter-affidavit filed in this writ appeal can be treated as counter- affidavit in the said writ petition. The matter may be heard and decided by the learned single Judge on its own merits and in accordance with law. 5. With the above observation, the writ appeal is allowed to the extent indicated above. No costs. ------------------------------------- JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI. ----------------------------------------------- JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN. 14-7-2008. I s L ........REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. 2.2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WA { }