HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM W.P.NO. 13271 OF 2006 DATED: 30.6.2006 Between: N.Venkata Ratnam … Petitioner and The Chief Commissioner, Land Administration, Hyderabad and three others. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM W.P.NO.13271 OF 2006 ORAL ORDER: The writ petition is directed against the order of the 1st respondent dated.26-04-2005 dismissing the revision preferred by the petitioner under Sec.7 (d) of the Estates Abolition Act,1948 against the order of the 2nd respondent dismissing R.P.No.38 of 1999(H-1) by an order dated.17-11-2001 which was the revision preferred by the petitioner against the order of the 3rd respondent dated.09-01-1998 rejecting the petitioner’s application for grant of a Ryotwari patta under Sec.11(a) of the Act on the ground that there was an unexplained delay of 14 years, 3 months and 19 days in preferring the claim. In June-1988 the petitioner filed a claim petition before the Settlement Officer, Nellore claiming Ryotwari patta for an extent of Ac.5.00 cents in Sy.No.46/1 of Kothapalem village with a delay of 14 years without reasonable explanation for the delay. The land originally belonged to one R.Venkata Reddy. In August,1942 the land holder is claimed to have granted a patta to the petitioner’s father one Lakshmaiah who died in 1986. As per the statutory rules in G.O.Ms.No.50, Revenue Department dated.16-01-1974 the late date for entertainment of a claim petition for grant of Ryotwari patta is 08-08- 1974. The petitioner filed the claim before the Settlement Officer on 27-06-1988 with over 14 years delay. The 3rd respondent rightly found no satisfactory explanation for the delay and rejected the petitioner’s claim for grant of Ryotwari patta by the Order dated.09-01-1998.The petitioner preferred a revision, there against to the 2nd respondent which was rejected by an order dated.17-11-2001 and the further revision was rejected by the 1st respondent’s order dated.26- 04-2005, rightly. No case is made out for interference. There are no merits in the writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed at the stage of admission. No order as to costs. _________________ GODA RAGHURAM,J 30th JUNE,2006 *TSNR