Activity OnDestroy never called?

I am using following code in my ListActivity

// a separate class in project
public class MyActivity extends ListActivity {
    // some common functions here..
}

public class SelectLocation extends MyListActivity {

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstance) {
        // here.....
    }

    @Override
    protected void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        if (adap != null) adap = null;
        if (list != null) list = null;
        System.gc();
    }
}

any one guide me why onDestroy method is not called in my code?