THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No.25742 of 2009 ORDER: The father of the petitioners, namely, Sri N.Venkata Reddy purchased Ac.4.87 cents of land situated at Chodavaram Village, Thottambedu Mandal, Chittoor District, in an open auction, which was conducted by the District Co-operative Central Bank Limited, Chittoor, on 22.05.1999. On the same date, another piece of land admeasuring Ac.5.00 was purchased by petitioner No.2 in the auction conducted by the same bank. The father of the petitioners expired on 06.01.2005 and thereafter both the petitioners, who are real brothers, have entered into a family settlement, according to which, the land admeasuring Ac.4.87 cents has come to the share of petitioner No.1. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that though the property in question was purchased by the father of the petitioners in a public auction, till date the respondents have not issued valuation certificate and that directions be issued to the respondents to issue the said certificate. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioners, this Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the second respondent to issue Valuation Certificate with regard to the aforementioned property, which was purchased by the father of the petitioners in a public auction. Needful be done within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J Date: 31.01.2011 va