THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION Nos. 22005 & 22015 OF 2006 COMMON ORDER: The petitioners claim to be the owners of land in Survey Nos.243 and 244 of Mamidipalli Village, Saroornagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. They state that neighbouring lands were acquired for the purpose of establishing an International Airport at Shamshabad, and in that process, part of the lands in Survey Nos.243 and 244 were taken over by the authorities. The petitioners claim to have submitted applications before the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer, the 5 th respondent in both the writ petitions, with a prayer to cause survey and ﬁx the boundaries, by paying the prescribed fee. Their grievance is that no action has been taken thereon, and they prayed for the relief of direction to the respondents, to cause demarcation of the land and to restore the possession of the land, which was said to have been unlawfully taken from them. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The petitioners have already initiated steps under the A.P. Survey and Boundaries Act, by submitting applications to the 5th respondent and by paying the prescribed fee. Whenever there exists any boundary dispute, the eﬀected party can approach the authority under the A.P. Survey and Boundaries Act, who in turn, shall cause survey and demarcation of lands. The Act and the Rules made thereunder, provide for issuance of notice to the owners of the neighbouring lands. The persons aggrieved by such survey are provided with the remedy of ﬁling a suit under the Act itself. Therefore, any relief can be granted to the petitioners, only after the demarcation is done by the authorities under the Act. Hence, the writ petitions are disposed of, directing that the 5th respondent shall take necessary steps on the applications dated 16.12.2005, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of copy of this order. It is made clear that in case, the applications are defective in any manner, or that the fee paid by the petitioners is insuﬃcient, the 5th respondent shall inform the petitioners about the nature of steps to be taken by them. It shall be open to the petitioners to work out their remedies, depending on the outcome of the survey. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ 10th September 2008 PAN