THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.8006 of 2003 18.11.2010 Between: Chinthalapati Seetharamamurthy Raju ….Petitioner AND The Mandal Revenue Officer, Kotavooratla Post, Visakhapatnam District, And another. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.8006 of 2003 ORDER: The petitioner filed instant writ petition aggrieved by the inaction of the first respondent in not furnishing the certified copies of the pattadar pass books and title deeds (PPB) in respect of the land, which is subject matter of O.S.No.9 of 2001 for partition, filed by petitioner. Though the writ petition was admitted more than half a decade ago, respondents have not filed counter affidavit. The attention of this Court is invited to Rule 25 of the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Rules, 1989, (the Rules, for brevity) which reads as under. 25. (1) The fees payable for granting certified copies or certified extracts from the record of rights shall be as follows:- Fees for every copy of the extract given for a survey or sub- division Rs.2/- (Rupees two only). (2) The fees referred to in sub-rule (1) above, shall be in the shape of court-fee stamp. (3) Every application for copies/extracts shall be made to the Village Assistant/Mandal Revenue Officer. (4) Every copy or extract from the Record of Rights shall be attested by the Mandal Revenue Officer. The above rule inferentially mandates the grant of certified copies of extracts from the record of rights. Therefore, the petitioner is given liberty to make a fresh application under Rule 25(1) of the Rules and the same shall be complied with by the first respondent within a period of two weeks after the receipt of the application for certified copies. The writ petition stands disposed of accordingly. No costs. _______________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 18.11.2010 Pln