IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.33225 of 2011 BETWEEN Smt. T. Theresamma. ... PETITIONERS AND The District Collector, Visakhapatnam and others. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners: MR. O. MANOHER REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following order: ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. 2. Petitioner has come to this Court on a limited grievance that her application for issuance of no objection certificate in terms of G.O.Ms.No.1117 Revenue (Assignment-I) Department dated 11.11.1993 is not being considered by the Tahsildar and the District Collector. Petitioner is a widow of an Ex-serviceman and her husband was assigned a land admeasuring Ac.4.59 cents in Sy.No.371/1 of Kapuluppada village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam vide assignment dated 17.11.1992. Petitioner and her husband were in enjoyment of the said land all these years and petitioner’s husband having died on 19.09.2005, petitioner as the only surviving heir seeking to obtain no objection certificate to enable her to use, enjoy or alienate the aforesaid land as owner thereof. Reliance is placed upon the G.O., referred to above, which declares that after initial ten years of the date of assignment, which is treated as a prohibitory period, the assignee – Ex-serviceman shall be entitled to use, enjoy and alienate the land. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner, therefore, states that since the said prohibitory period having long expired, there is no impediment as to why the respondents cannot consider and grant the no objection certificate to the petitioner. 4. In the circumstances, it would be just and appropriate to direct the respondents to consider and pass appropriate orders on the petitioner’s application dated 19.09.2011 in accordance with law, preferably, within a period of eight (8) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J December 16, 2011 DSK