IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 14915 of 2008 Between: 1 V. Anthonamma W/o. Kamakshaiah R/o. Sangam Check Post Colony, Sangam Mandal, Nellore District. 2 T. Kamakshamma W/o. Hazarathaiah R/o. Sangam Check Post Colony, Sangam Mandal, Nellore District. 3 V. Ramanamma W/o. China Penchalaiah R/o. Sangam Check Post Colony, Sangam Mandal, Nellore District. 4 K. Umadevi W/o. Penchalababu R/o. Sangam Check Post Colony, Sangam Mandal, Nellore District. 5 U. Chinnamma W/o. Penchalaiah R/o. Sangam Check Post Colony, Sangam Mandal, Nellore District. 6 T. Parimala W/o. Audinarayana R/o. Sangam Check Post Colony, Sangam Mandal, Nellore District. 7 P. Mangamma W/o. Jayaraju R/o. Sangam Check Post Colony, Sangam Mandal, Nellore District. 8 K. Rathnamma W/o. Vijayakumar R/o. Sangam Check Post Colony, Sangam Mandal, Nellore District. 9 V. Sudhamma W/o. Sreenivasulu R/o. Sangam Check Post Colony, Sangam Mandal, Nellore District. 10 T. Kodnamma W/o. Vemaiah R/o. Sangam Check Post Colony, Sangam Mandal, Nellore District. 11 P. Sumathi W/o. Jayababu R/o. Sangam Check Post Colony, Sangam Mandal, Nellore District. 12 T. Lathamma W/o. Izaac R/o. Sangam Check Post Colony, Sangam Mandal, Nellore District. 13 C. Rajeswari W/o. Janardhan R/o. Sangam Check Post Colony, Sangam Mandal, Nellore District. 14 T. Nagamani W/o. China Raghavulu R/o. Sangam Check Post Colony, Sangam Mandal, Nellore District. 15 N. Nagamani W/o. Sreenivasulu R/o. Sangam Check Post Colony, Sangam Mandal, Nellore District. 16 T. Lakshmi W/o. Venkatesh R/o. Sangam Check Post Colony, Sangam Mandal, Nellore District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kavali, Nellore District. 2 The Tahsildar, Sangam Mandal, Sangam, Nellore District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.P.GANGA RAMI REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus (mistakenly shown as certiorari in the writ petition prayer) to declare the action of the respondents in not issuing pattas in favour of the petitioners in respect of the lands covered by Survey Nos.355 to 357 and 403 of Sangam Village and Mandal, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioners sought for a consequential direction to the respondents to issue pattas in their favour in respect of the lands covered by the said survey numbers. Heard Sri P.Gangarami Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment). The petitioners averred that the above mentioned lands were declared as surplus lands under the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973 and were surrendered by the declarants and that the said lands were handed over to Cooperative Joint Farming Society. The petitioners claimed that they have reclaimed the lands and brought the same under cultivation and have been raising rain fed crops in small parts of the said lands for the last 30 years. They averred that the Tahsildar sent a list of eligible beneficiaries to the Cooperative Joint Farming Society for grant of pattas. The grievance of the petitioners is that despite receipt of said list by respondent No.1, who is the Chairman of the said Society, he has not given any pattas. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment), I find it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition at this stage because the grievance of the petitioners is simple and innocuous, namely, the recommendations of respondent No.2 for grant of pattas in favour of the eligible beneficiaries, who the petitioners claim, include them as well, have not been finalized by respondent No.1. Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.1 to pass appropriate orders in the matter of granting of pattas in pursuance of the list of eligible beneficiaries said to have been sent to him by respondent No.2, within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP.No.19275 of 2008 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 11th JULY, 2008. kvni