IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 28424 of 2007 Between: Gadiyaram Siddardha Sankardas, S/o. late Kalidas, R/o. Ongole, Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Joint Collector, Prakasam District, Ongole -523 001. 2 Assistant Director, District Survey and Land Records, Prakasam District, Ongole - 523 001. 3 Town Surveyor, Ongole Municipality, Prakasam District, Ongole -523 001. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a Writ, order or direction, moreso, a writ the nature of mandamus by directing the respondents to consider the petitioner's application dt. 17-9-2007 which was numbered as G.M.C. A3/170/2007 and conduct the survey in the lands of the Petitioner in S.No. 151/1, Ongole admeasuring Ac. 2.61 cents without any delay and may pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.G.VASANTHA RAYUDU Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 28424 of 2007 Order: Aggrieved by the action of the 1st respondent-Joint Collector, in not considering his application dated 17.09.2007 and not conducting survey of his land admeasuring Ac.2-61 cents situated in Survey No.151/1 of Ongole, Prakasam District, the petitioner filed the present writ petition. The petitioner states that the land in question is full of bushes and shrubs, and taking advantage of his long absence in the village, the neighbours on the southern side of his land, removed the fencing and boundary stones and encroached a part of his land, and with a view to protect the land from being encroached any further, he approached the 1st respondent-Joint Collector and ﬁled an application dated 17.09.2007 requesting him to direct the Surveyor concerned to survey the land in question and ﬁx the boundaries thereto. Thereafter, the Assistant Director, District Survey and Land Records, Ongole, by order dated 19.09.2007, directed the Town Surveyor, Municipal Oﬃce, Ongole, to conduct survey of the land in question and submit his report, but so far no action thereon had been taken. Therefore, he filed the present writ petition. Though the writ petition was admitted on 11.02.2008, so far no counter affidavit is filed by any of the respondents. However, when the matter is taken up, the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the 3rd respondent-Municipality, on instruction, submitted that the Town Surveyor, working in the 3rd respondent-Municipality is on leave for the last two months, and because of shortage of Surveyors, they are unable to conduct survey of the land in question, and submitted that they are taking steps to get a Surveyor from the Revenue Department on deputation, and they would conduct the survey of the land in question taking his assistance, as per the request made by the petitioner. In the circumstances, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with the following directions: The Municipal authorities concerned are directed to conduct the survey of the lands in question as requested by the petitioner by their own Surveyor or in the event their Surveyor is not available, they are at liberty to take the assistance of the Surveyors working in the Revenue Department, and complete the survey, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 04.08.2008 Ksr/Nsr