THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.16460 of 2009 DATE:12.08.2009 Between: Mulagiri Laxmi ... Petitioner and The Tahsildar, Sherlingampally, R.R.District. ... Respondent THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.16460 of 2009 ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioner seeking a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of respondent in not considering her representation, dated 25.02.2009, seeking correction of her age in the ration card as 34 years and issuance of a fresh ration card, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. The case of the petitioner is that she is aged about 34 years. She is having a duaghter and two sons, who are aged 14 years, 9 years and 6 years respectively. Her husband used to work as an electrician in Sher Lingampally Municipal Corporation and he died on 21.11.2005, while he was on duty. Subsequently, she gave a representation to the authorities concerned to consider her case for appointment, on compassionate grounds. As in the ration card issued by the Civil Supplies Department on 29.10.2005, her age was shown as 21 years, she approached the Mandal Revenue Officer, Sherlingampally Mandal, R.R. District, now designated as Tahsildar – respondent, and gave a representation on 25.02.2009 seeking correction of her age as 34 years in the ration card and issuance of a fresh ration card, but the respondent has not initiated any action on her representation so far. Being aggrieved by the same, she filed this writ petition. 3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. 4. When the first child of the petitioner was born on 17.08.1994, it cannot be said that the age of the petitioner was 21 years by 27.10.2005 on which date the ration card was issued by the Civil Supplies Department. However, it may not be necessary for this Court, at this stage, to go into the said aspect, for the reason that the respondent is competent to decide the same, after examining the date of birth certificates of the children of the petitioner or other relevant documents produced by the petitioner. Therefore, this Court is of the view that the respondent be directed to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 25.02.2009 and pass appropriate orders thereon. 5. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 25.02.2009 and pass appropriate orders thereon, within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 12th August, 2009 CBS THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.16460 of 2009 (Disposed of) 12th August, 2009 CBS