IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 22433 of 2009 Between: Sri G. Srinivasan. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The Principal Director, Defence Estates, The Command, The Cantonment Board, Secunderabad and another. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: The petitioner submitted an application to the Cantonment Board, Secunderabad, the second respondent, for permission to construct a building on Plot No.20 situated in Sy.Nos.65 and 63 of Trimulgherry Village and Mandal, R.R.District. The second respondent passed an order, dated 22.04.2008, rejecting the application for the reasons mentioned therein. The petitioner preferred an appeal before the first respondent on 21.05.2008. His grievance is that the appeal is not taken up for hearing. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondents. The petitioner availed the statutory remedy of appeal feeling aggrieved by the order of rejection, dated 22.04.2008, passed by the second respondent. More than one year has elapsed. The appeal does not involve adjudication of any rights of the individuals. By their very nature, the appeals arising out of an order of rejection for construction permission need to be disposed of expeditiously. Long pendency would lead to several complications, apart from escalation of cost of construction. Hence, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing that the first respondent to take up the appeal presented by the petitioner for hearing without any further loss of time, and to dispose of the same, within three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J Date:21.10.2009 sj