THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.19036 OF 2009 DATED: 17.09.2009 Between: I. Ratnakumari .. Petitioner And The District Collector, Guntur and others. .. Respondents ORDER: Heard both sides. Petitioner claims to be the owner of the land in Sy.No.925/A of Prathipadu Village and Mandal, Guntur District, having purchased the same under a registered sale deed dated 04.08.1971. It is her case that she submitted an application to the 3rd respondent- Tahsildar, Prathipadu Mandal, Guntur District, on 10.07.2008, in the prescribed format, in accordance with the provisions of the A.P. Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 1971, and the Rules framed thereunder, seeking to issue her pattadar passbook and title deed in respect of the said land. However, the 3rd respondent informed that it is not possible to issue pattadar book and title deed as requested by her, as the subject land was already included in the pattadar passbook and title deed issued to one G.Dakshayamma and she has been cultivating the subject land for the last fifteen years. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner filed an appeal before the 2nd respondent- Revenue Divisional Officer, Guntur, on 09.01.2009, seeking directions to the 3rd respondent to delete the entries with regard to the subject land from the pattadar passbook of the said Dakshayamma and issue fresh pattadar passbook in her favour for the said land. The 2nd respondent, having entertained the appeal, addressed a letter to the 3rd respondent on 19.01.2009, requiring him to enquire into the matter and submit a detailed report. Now, the grievance of the petitioner is that the 3rd respondent has not yet submitted any report as required by the 2nd respondent and is dodging the matter on one pretext or the other, due to which the 2nd respondent is not disposing of the appeal pending for more than eight months. In the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, the 3rd respondent is directed to send the report, as required by the 2nd respondent in his letter dated 19.01.2009, within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. On receipt of the said report, the 2nd respondent shall dispose of the appeal preferred by the petitioner, as per law, within a period of four weeks thereafter. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 17th September, 2009. IBL