IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI WRIT PETITION NO : 11618 of 1995 Between: 1 Kokkadapu Venkata Rathnam S/o.Sriramulu R/o.Vissannapet Krishna Dist 2 Kokkadapu Sri Ramulu S/o.Vankatrathnam R/o.Vissannapet Krishna Dist ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Land Acquisition Officer-cum-Revenue Divisional Officer Nuzivedu Krishna Dist 2 The Dist Collector Machilipatnam, Krishna 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, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in deciding to acquire the land of the petitioners in Sy.No.56/2 measuring Ac.2-25 cents situate at Vissannapet Village, without considering their objections and communicating the decision, as illegal, contrary to law and violative of principles of natural justice and further directing the respondents to drop the acquisition proceedings in respect of the petitioners land described Supra. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.M.V.DURGA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following O R D E R: This writ petition has been filed challenging the action of the respondents acquiring the land of the petitioners in Sy.No.56/2, measuring Ac.2.25 cents situated at Vissannapet village. Learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition submits that he has been communicated by the Revenue Divisional Officer that the proposal to acquire the land belongs to the petitioner in Sy.No.56/2 has been dropped and an extent of Ac.0.29 cents of land in R.S.No.533/5 has been acquired for the purpose of providing burial ground to the Schedule Castes. In this view of the matter, no further orders are necessary to be passed in this writ petition, which is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ________________ (Bilal Nazki,J) 24th March, 2005 vrn. To 1 The Land Acquisition Officer-cum-Revenue Divisional Officer Nuzivedu Krishna Dist 2 The Dist Collector Machilipatnam, Krishna dist. 3 Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Land Acquisition, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. (O.U.T.) 4 Two CD copies.