APHC010056902024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3208] WEDNESDAY,THE THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE D RAMESH WRIT PETITION NO: 3398/2024 Between: 1. B. BALANAGAMMA, W/O ANKANNA, AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS, R/O GANI VILLAGE, GADIVEMULA MANDAL, NANDYALA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH- 518124 ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY REVENUE (LAND ACQUISITION), STATE SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, NANDYALA DISTRICT, NANDYALA, ANDHRA PRADESH. 3. THE SUBCOLLECTOR, NANDYALA DISTRICT, NANDYALA ANDHRA PRADESH 4. THE TAHSILDAR, GADIVEMULA MANDAL, GADIVEMULA, NANDYALA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH ...RESPONDENT(S): Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased topleased to pass an order or direction or Writ, more specificaliy one in the nature of a writ of mandamus declaring the action u of the respondent revenue authorities in not paying compensation of Rs 5.50 lakhs per acre as was paid to patta holders for the same acquisition and instead paying only Rs 2 4.20 lakhs per acre in respect of the petitioner's land of Ac 4.08 cents in survey no. 729/Al of Gani Village of Gadivemula Mandal, Nandyal District, Andhra Pradesh in respect of the land holding of the petitioners resumed by the respondents as illegal, contrary to the settled law laid down by the honourable High Court of Andhra Pradesh in Mekala Pandu case and as confirmed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No 7904- 7912 dated 04-08-2014 and consequently direct payment of the balance Rs.1.3 lakhs Per acre in respect of the land holding of the petitioner resumed by the respondents with all applicable consequential benefits including interest from the date of taking possession on 03-03-2015 and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. A SRINATH Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION 2. GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following: 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE D.RAMESH WRIT PETITION NO: 3398 of 2024 ORDER: Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that cause in the present Writ Petition does not survive and the matter has become infructuous. Recording the said submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. As a sequel miscellaneous applications, pending, if any, shall also stand closed. __________________ JUSTICE D.RAMESH Dt: 03.12.2025 SJ 4 181 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE D. RAMESH WRIT PETITION NO: 3398 of 2024 Dt.03.12.2025 ssjj