IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 14722 of 2008 Between: 1 P. Prameelamma W/o. Venku Reddy R/o. Sannapuriddyvari Street, Kovvur, Nellore District. 2 P.Ravikumar Reddy W/o. Venku Reddy R/o. Sannapuriddyvari Street, Kovvur, Nellore District. 3 P.Mallikarjuna Reddy W/o. Venku Reddy R/o. Sannapuriddyvari Street, Kovvur, Nellore District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The State of A.P., Rep. by its District Collector, Lakdikapool, Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy District. 2 The M.R.O., Saroornagar, Ranga Reddy District. 3 G.H.M.C., rep. by its Commissioner, L.B.Nagar Municipality, Ranga Reddy District. .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue any writ order or direction more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the inaction of the Respondents is not passing the orders of the representation dated 13-03-2007 as illegal, arbitrary and violation of Article 300 A of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents herein to pay the compensation for the land in survey No.1 of Saroornagar, situated at Pochamma bagh, Saroornagar, Ranga Reddy District, admeasuring 0.82 cents illegally occupied and to deliver the vacant possession of the land to the petitioners that is vacant forthwith. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.SRIDHAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION No : 14722 of 2008 O R D E R: This writ petition has been ﬁled by the petitioners, who are 3 in number, assailing the inaction of the respondents in considering his representation dated 13-03-2007. The petitioners claim to be the owners of Ac.0.82 cents of land inherited under the Will dated 22.09.1984 executed by A.Venku Reddy, who purchased the same from N.Venka Reddy under a registered sale deed dated 06-11-1967. Venku Reddy ﬁled W.P.No.5847 of 1983 against Tahsildar, Hayathnagar and obtained interim orders. The writ petition came to be disposed of on 30- 10-1987. Against the said order, a Writ Appeal being W.A.No.141 of 1988 came to be ﬁled. Pending the Writ Appeal, Venku Reddy died and the petitioners came on record as his legal representatives. While so, in the month of February, 1994, the 3 rd respondent laid a foundation stone for construction of its oﬃce building. Then the petitioners got issued notice dated 07-02-1994 and also ﬁled Contempt Case No. 388 of 1994 on the ground that the 3rd respondent violated the High Court order. Subsequently, the petitioners withdrew the Contempt Case. The petitioners issued notice under Section 80 C.P.C to respondents 1 and 2 and ﬁled O.S.No.650 of 1996 on the ﬁle of the Principal Senior Civil Judge, Ranga Reddy District. The suit came to be decreed declaring the title of the petitioners in respect of the land in question i.e. Ac.0.82 cents. Since the respondents had already took possession of the property, liberty has been given by the civil Court to the petitioners to get the value of the property from the respondents. The petitioners submitted representation dated 13- 03-2007 claiming compensation for the constructed area and delivery of possession of the vacant land. Their representation is stated to be remained unattended. Hence, they approached this Court invoking jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and the learned standing counsel appearing for the 3rd respondent. The civil Court declared the title of the petitioners in respect of Ac.0.82 cents of land vide the judgment in O.S.No.650 of 1998, on the ﬁle of the Principal Senior Civil Judge, Ranga Reddy District. Undisputedly, the possession of the land has been taken over by the respondents. The petitioners submitted a representation dated 13-03-2007 claiming compensation for the area used for construction of the building and for delivery of the vacant possession. Their representation is stated to be pending consideration with the first respondent. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the ﬁrst respondent to consider the representation dated 13-03-2007 and pass appropriate orders within 4 weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. _________________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY,J Date: 16-10-2008 KLP