IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.12463 of 2005 Between: N.P. Narayan Reddy … Petitioner AND The District Collector, Anantapur District, Anantapur, & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri Chetluru Sreenivas Counsel for respondents 1to 3: GP for Revenue This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.12463 of 2005 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to direct respondent Nos.1 to 3 to take action in respect of bore well dug by respondent No.4 under the provisions of the A.P. Water, Land and Trees Act, 2002 (for short, ‘the Act’). At the hearing, Sri Ch. Sreenivas, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that respondent No.4 has dug a bore well during April, 2004 in violation of the provisions of the Act and that respondent Nos.1 to 3 have not taken any action despite the two representations made by the petitioner on 14.12.2004 and 06.01.2005. No counter-affidavit has been filed by the respondents. A perusal of the proceeding sheet shows that this Court, on 14.06.2005, directed the respondents to dispose of the said two representations of the petitioner. At the hearing, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue is not able to furnish the information as to whether the said two representations are disposed of or not. In these circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider and dispose of the representations of the petitioner and take appropriate action, if it is found that digging of bore well by respondent No.4 is in violation of the provisions of the Act, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.15845 of 2005 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 14.07.2008 ES