HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.27641 of 2010 Date : 14-12-2010 Between : Kondeti Srinivasa Rao s/o.Venkataswamy .. Petitioner and The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Hyderabad and another .. Respondents Counsel for petitioner : Sri M.M.M. Srinivas Counsel for respondents : Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue The Court made the following : ORDER: Despite granting time, neither a counter affidavit is filed nor instructions are reported on behalf of the respondents. The grievance of the petitioner in this Writ Petition is that his application for appointment as a Notary, made as far back as 10-4- 2001, is not being considered. The petitioner has pleaded that on the petitioner’s application, respondent No.2 has called for objections from the President, Chintalapudi Bar Association, vide his letter No.NR/2/694/2001, dated 10-4-2001; that as the Bar has conveyed no objection vide its letter dated 21-4-2001, a Gazette notification was published on 3-5-2001 calling for objections from the public and that while the said process was under way, there appears to have been imposed a ban by the State Government on appointments of Notaries. The petitioner has pleaded that recently, the State Government has lifted the ban and the petitioner is stated to have made a representation on 21-10-2010 to resume the process of considering the petitioner’s application and appointing him as a Notary. The grievance of the petitioner is that respondent No.2 has not initiated any action so far. In the light of the above facts, I am of the opinion that in the absence of any legal impediment, respondent No.2 shall not keep the petitioner’s application pending for years on end. If the ban has been lifted as pleaded by the petitioner, I do not find any reason for respondent No.2 not to consider the petitioner’s application and dispose of the same in accordance with law. Accordingly, respondent No.2 is directed to take a decision on the petitioner’s application dated 10-4-2001, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the same to the petitioner. Subject to the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP No.35288/2010 is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________ C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy.,J Date : 14-12-2010 AM