IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.19447 of 2008 Between: Y. Anitha, w/o. Late Raji Reddy, R/o. Kowkur (V) Malkajigiri (M) R.R. District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, at Lakdikapul, Hyderabad. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, (East), R.R. District at Gosha Mahal, Hyderabad. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Malkajgiri Mandal, R.R. District. .....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 an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction on the part of the respondents in considering the request of the petitioner dt.30- 4-2008 and 28-7-2008 for grant of Pattadar Passbook and title deeds as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to Rules and consequently direct the respondents to forthwith issue the Pattadar passbook and title deeds to the petitioner for Sy.No.20/A, Ac. 1.0½ gts, Sy.No. 23/E Ac. 0.30 gts. situated in Kowkur (V) Malkajgiri (M), R.R. District by duly considering the representation of the petitioner dt. 30-4-2008 and 28-7-2008 in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.C.HARI PREETH Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.19447 OF 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction on the part of the respondents in considering the applications of the petitioner dated 30.04.2008 and 28.07.2008 for grant of pattadar passbook and title deed, as illegal and arbitrary, and consequently to direct the respondents to issue pattadar passbook and title deeds to the petitioner in respect of Ac.1.0½ gts. In Sy.No.20/A and Ac.0.30 gts. In Sy.No.23/E situated in Kowkur Village, Malkajgiri Mandal of R.R. District. It is the case of the petitioner that originally her husband was the owner of the subject matter of lands in Kowkur Village, Malkajgiri Mandal of R.R. District, and after his death, her name was mutated in the revenue records. Subsequently, when she shifted her residence, she lost the title deeds and pattadar passbook of the said property in the process of shifting. Therefore, she made a representation, dated 30.04.2008, to the 3rd respondent- Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer, Malkajgiri Mandal and, thereafter, another representation, dated 28.07.2008, to the 1st respondent- District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, seeking to issue pattadar passbook and title deeds of the property in question. But, so far no action has been taken on the said representations. Hence, this writ petition. Today, when the matter came up for hearing, learned Government Pleader for Revenue brought to the notice of this Court Rule 31 of the A.P. Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Rules, 1989, which prescribes the procedure for obtaining the duplicate pass book and title deeds. As per the said Rule, the petitioner has to submit an application to the Mandal Revenue oﬃcer along with a photograph, seeking to issue duplicate passbook and title deeds, and also has to pay prescribed fees and submit relevant material to substantiate that the original passbooks were lost and shall also make a complaint to the police to that eﬀect. Some other formalities have also to be complied with as per the said provision. But, the petitioner has submitted only representation. Though in the representation submitted by the petitioner to the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer, it was stated that she gave a complaint to the police, no such copy is ﬁled before this Court. Further, whether any enquiry is conducted by the police on the said complaint is also not known. In the circumstances, I deem it appropriate to direct the petitioner to approach the 3rd respondent- Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer, Malkajgiri Mandal, by making an application in the manner prescribed under Rule 31 of the A.P. Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Rules, 1989 , and comply with the objections, if any, raised by him. Thereupon, the 3rd respondent shall consider the request of the petitioner for grant of duplicate pattadar passbook and title deeds in respect of the subject property. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ______________ N.V. RAMANA,J 9th September, 2008 MSV/IBL