IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 22297 of 2004 Between: 1 M.Prathap Karan, S/o.Late Dhiraj Karan, R/o.H.No.8-2-547, Road No.7, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad A.P. 2 Ajay Karan, S/o.M.Prathap Karan, R/o.H.No.8-2-547, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad A.P. 3 Deep Karan, S/o.Parthap Karan, R/o.H.No.8-2-547, Road No.7, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad A.P. 4 Umakaran, S/o.Dharam Karan, R/o.H.No.8-2-547, Road No.7, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad A.P. 5 Dharmakant Karan, S/o.Ram Karan, R/o.H.No.8-2-547,Road No.7, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad A.P. 6 Raj Karan, S/o.Ram Karan, R/o.H.No.8-2-547, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad A.P. 7 Rajiv Raj, S/o.Late Eshwar Raj, R/o.H.No.7-1-212, Shiv Bagh, Ameerpet, Hyderabad. 8 Tarun Raj, S/o.Late Eshwar Raj, R/o.H.No.7-1-212, Shiv Bagh, Ameerpet, Hyderabad. 9 Arun Raj, S/o.Late Eshwar Raj, R/o.H.No.7-1-212, Shiv Bagh, Ameerpet, Hyderabad. 10 Sandhir Raj, S/o.Late Rahini Raj, R/o.H.No.7-1-212,Shiv Bagh, Ameerpet,Hyderabad. (All the petitioners 1 to 10 are rep.by their GPA Karim Alladin, S/o.Late Iqbal Alladin,R/o.H.No.8-2-584, Road.No. 9, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, Lakdikapool, Hyderabad. 2 The Mandal Revenue officer, Saroornagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. .RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the in action of the respondents No.1 & 2 herein in not disposing of the representation dated 11-6-2004 and all subsequent representations as arbitrary, illegal and without jurisdiction and consequently direct the respondents No.1 & 2 to dispose of the representations dated 11-6-2004 and all subsequent representations made by the petitioners by incorporating the extent of survey No.613 admeasuring Ac 373-22 gts situated at Nadergul (Village), Saroornagar (Mandal), Ranga Reddy (District) belonging to Raja sivraj Bahadur in all the concerned revenue records i.e.pahanies in accordance with sethwar and vasool Bakhi and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.N.VASUDEVA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court at the stage of admission made the following : ORDER: Petitioners claim to be in peaceful possession and enjoyment of lands covered under survey No.613, Saroornagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy district. It is stated in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition that one late Shiv Raj Dharmavanth Bahadur was recorded as pattedar in the revenue records such as Sethwar and Vasool Bakhi and allotted to Khatha No.1. That in 1352 fasli a re- survey of lands in Nagardul village was conducted and the lands of late Shiv Raj Dharmavanth Bahadur were allotted to Khatha No.3 and old survey No.579 was assigned with a new Survey No.613 with the same extent of Ac.373-22 guntas and the same changes were carried out and implemented in the Sethwar and Vasool Bakhi for the year 1352 Fasli and in the Pahanies the same is continued till today. The petitioners allege that without any notice or enquiry the Revenue Authorities rounded the name of late Raja Shiv Raj Bahadur who is ancestor of petitioners, in the khasra pahani as pattedar for all his lands including lands covered under Survey No. 613 with an endorsement stating that the lands of Shivraj Bahadur have been written separately. It is further stated that petitioners herein made a representation dated 11-6-2004 to the respondents and since no action was taken thereon, they also made another representation on 16-10-2004 and that no action was taken on the said representation also. Hence, the present writ petition. Learned counsel for petitioner submitted that lands covered under Survey No.613 are ancestral properties of the petitioners and they are in possession of the same and without notice or enquiry the respondents cannot round of the name of late Sri Shiv Raj Bahadur. It is also stated that the petitioners made representations dated 11-6-2004 and 16-10-2004 and no action was taken thereon and the same remained unanswered. Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Revenue. Both counsel agreed for disposal of the writ petition at the stage of admission with a direction to respondents to dispose of the pending representations of the petitioners expeditiously. Since, the representations of the petitioners dated 11-6-2004 and 16-10-2004 are pending consideration, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to consider the representations of the petitioners dated 11-6-2004 and 16-10-2004 and dispose of the same, expeditiously in accordance with law. No costs. _____________ N.V.RAMANA,J 3-12-2004 TVK ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, Lakdikapool, Hyderabad. 2 The Mandal Revenue officer, Saroornagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 3.2CCs to G.P. for Revenue, High Court of A.P Buildings , Hyderabad (OUT) 4.2CD copies 5.2CCs to Form-NIC-OGS/WP{JA}