APHC010859582016 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3310] THURSDAY ,THE TWENTIETH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE K MANMADHA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 19128/2016 Between: Polu Vasantha Kumari, ...PETITIONER AND State Of Andhra Pradesh Endowments Department and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. JYOTHI ESWAR GOGINENI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR ENDOWMENTS (AP) 2. ELEVATED AS JUDGE The Court made the following: ORDER:- The Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following relief: “…..to issue writ, order or direction particularly one in the nature of Writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in conducting public auction vide notification, dated 08.06.2016 to the approach road area 0.12 cents in item No.1 of Sy.No.80 which is being used for the purpose of transportation without considering the petitioner’s representation dated 24.06.2014 is illegal, arbitrary, unjust and violations of the principle of the natural justice and consequently direct the respondents not to conduct action to 2 the approach road area 0.12 cents in item No.1 of Sy.No.80 and pass ….”. ] 2. No representation for the petitioner. 3. Heard learned Government Pleader for Endowments appearing for the respondents. 4. Perused the record. 5. On 20.06.2016, this Court ordered rule nisi and further observed that public auction has already been conducted and the third party has been put in possession of the land in question. Thereafter, petitioner is directed to implead the auction purchaser who have succeeded in the auction. But, the petitioner has not filed any implead petition. Further, counter affidavits were also filed by the respondent Nos.2 and 3. 5. Respondent Nos.2 and 3 filed counter affidavits, wherein it is stated that already the respondents have conducted public auction of lease hold rights for the entire land of Ac.30-33 cents comprising in S.Nos.80 & 96 on 16.06.2016 while dividing the land into four (04) bits and the said lease was also approved by the competent authority i.e. the respondent No.2-the Assistant Commissioner, Endowments Department, Guntur in his proceedings vide D.Dis.No.A5/6271/16, dated 27.06.2016 for a period of three (03) years in favour of four (04) highest bidders, in which the said extent of Ac.0-12 cents pertaining to the present petition was also included. 6. 6. On hearing, learned Government Pleader for Endowments submits that the as per the public auction, lease period was only for a period of three (03) years and the same was already ended by 2019 itself. In view of 3 the same, as the lease period was lapsed by 2019 itself, no cause survives in the Writ Petition at present and it may be closed. 7. Recording the above submission, this Writ Petition is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. __________________________ Dr. K. MANMADHA RAO, J Dated: 20.02.2025 SCS 4 193 THE HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE K. MANMADHA RAO W.P.No.19128 of 2016 Date : 20.02.2025 SCS