THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.1597 of 2006 Dated:01.02.2006 Between: P. Appalaraju S/o. Late Venkayya, R/o. 45-47-61, Akkayapalem, Visakhapatnam-16 ..... PETITIONER AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad, and others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.1597 of 2006 ORDER: The petitioner is allegedly an Ex-service man. On an application made by him, he was allegedly assigned an extent of Ac.3.25 cents of agricultural land in Survey No.314 (subdivision No.369) of Kapulupadda Village. According to the petitioner, consequent to the grant of patta, he took possession of the land and has been cultivating since then. He made an application to the Government of Andhra Pradesh seeking permission to sell away the assigned land. The said application was forwarded to the District Collector by the Government vide Memo dated 09.11.2004. The District Collector in turn directed the third respondent to conduct enquiry and submit a report to the Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam. Whatever be the nature of action by the respondents, the petitioner’s request still remains under consideration. Therefore, the petitioner filed the present writ petition seeking a direction to the respondents to consider the representation of the petitioner for grant of permission to alienate the land. After hearing the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignments), this Court is of considered opinion that instead of going into the merits of the case or the correctness of the averments made by the petitioner, interest of justice would be served by directing the second respondent to pass appropriate orders on the application made by the petitioner to the Government, which was forwarded to the District Collector vide Memo No.37144/ASN.I(2)/2004-1, dated 09.11.2004, immediately, preferably, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 01.02.2006 vs