IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 5364 of 2008 Between: 1 Mr.Narsimha Goud S/o. Antha Goud R/o. Babulgam Village, Sadasivpet Mandal, Medak District. 2 Mr. Mallesham Goud S/o. Mogulaiah R/o. Babulgam Village, Sadasivpet Mandal, Medak District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Proh. & Excise Superintendent Sanga Reddy Government of Andhra Pradesh, at Sanga Reddy District. 2 The District Collector (Proh. & Excise) Medak District, Government of A.P., at Sanga Reddy. 3 The Commissioner for Proh. & Excise Government of A.P., Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.AMARNATH GOUD THODUPUNURI Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PROHIBITION & EXCISE The Court made the following : Order: This Writ Petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not allotting sufficient ration of excise trees situated in Government lands in Survey Nos.417, 418 & 419 of Babulgam Village, Sadasivpet Mandal, Medak District, as illegal and arbitrary. Heard Sri T.Amarnath Goud, learned Counsel for the petitioner, and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Prohibition and Excise. The petitioners averred that they were allotted 450 excise trees each by respondent No.1 under Tree For Tapper Scheme (TFT); that payment of tree owners’ rent in respect of the trees situated on the patta lands is highly onerous and to get obviated from this liability, the petitioners identified about 25 thousand excise trees in their local area, situated on the Government land and that the same was certified by the Tahsildar, Sadasivpet Mandal, vide his letter dated 14-02- 2008. The petitioners further pleaded that they made representation on 28-02-2008 to respondents 1 and 2 for allotment of some of the trees from out of the trees so identified, but so far they have not disposed of their representation. Since the grievance of the petitioners appears to be reasonable and the relief sought for by them is innocuous, the Writ Petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.1 to consider and dispose of representation dated 28-02- 2008, said to have been filed by the petitioners, in accordance with law within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. _____________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) 13-03-2008 Note: Furnish CC in one week. B/o LUR