IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.14240 OF 2010 Between : Smt Motaparthi Ramadevi and another .... PETITIONERS AND 1. The Deputy Director of Fisheries. 2. The Assistant Director of Fisheries. 3. The Tahasildar,Mandavalli Mandal. 4. The Revenue Divisional Officer. 5. The District Collector. …RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.14240 OF 2010 ORDER: This Writ Petition has been filed by the petitioners who are two in number, assailing the action of the respondents in not considering their applications dated 26.01.2010 and 13.0.2009, seeking permission for conversion of the agricultural land admeasuring Ac.8-32 cents comprising survey Nos.61/4, 62/2, 61/2, 61/3 and 61/5, situated at Chavalipadu Village, Mandavalli Mandal, Krishna District. 2. The first petitioner is the owner of agricultural land admeasuring Ac.2.35 cents in survey No.61/4 and Ac.3.83 cents in survey No.62/2. The second petitioner is also the owner of the agricultural land in Ac.0.72 cents in survey No.61/2, Ac.0.89 cents in survey No.61/3 and Ac.0.53 cents in survey No.61/5 situated at Chavalilpadu Village of Mandavelli Mandal, Krishna District. They made application on 26.01.2010 for conversion of agricultural lands into fish tanks. They paid the necessary processing fee by way of demand draft dated 26.02.2010. There being no action on the said applications, the petitioners approached this Court in invoking the jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. 3. When the writ petition came up for admission, learned Government pleader for Fisheries takes notice on behalf of R1 and 2, and the learned Government pleader for Revenue takes notice on behalf of R-3 to R-5. 4. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners. 5. The limited grievance of the petitioners is that their applications for conversion of agricultural land into fish tanks is not being considered and therefore, necessary direction is required to be given to the respondents to consider their applications and pass appropriate orders. 6. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to consider the applications dated 26.01.2010 and 13.07.2009 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law the rules in force, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J JUNE 22, 2010. YVL