IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 1760 of 2007 Between: 1. Mr. Fida Husain, S/o. Late Bande Ali Saheb, H.No. 605, Cresent Towers, Masab Tank, Hyderabad Rep by their GPA Holder M/s. N.K.Leasing & constructions Ltd. through its Driector Sri N.K. Agarwal alias Rajesh Agarwal Aged 38yrs.R/o. 15-1-53, Osman Gunj, Hyderabad. 2. Mr. Mustafa Hussain, S/o. Late Bande Ali Saheb, H.No. 605, Cresent Towers, Masab Tank, Hyderabad Rep by their GPA Holder M/s. N.K.Leasing & constructions ltd. through its Driector Sri N.K. Agarwal alias Rajesh Agarwal Aged 38yrs.R/o. 15-1-53, Osman Gunj, Hyderabad. 3. Mr. Tajamul Hussain, S/o. Late Bande Ali Saheb, H.No. 605, Cresent Towers, Masab Tank, Hyderabad Rep by their GPA Holder M/s. N.K.Leasing & constructions ltd. through its Driector Sri N.K. Agarwal alias Rajesh Agarwal Aged 38yrs.R/o. 15-1-53, Osman Gunj, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Governnment of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) Rep by its Vice Chairman, Begumpet, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction and more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not considering and passing orders on the petitioners applications dated 23-3-2004 for Ac. 13.25 gts and dated 8-7-2005 for Ac. 4.04 gts for change of land use in respect of petitioners property in Sy.Nos. 63,60,61 and 62 admeasuring in total Ac. 17.29 gts situated at Gandipet Village, Rajendranagar Mandal, R.R. District, as being illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents to pass orders on the applications of petitioners dated 23-3-2004 and 8-7- 2005 and pass such other order or orders as the Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI S.NIRANJAN REDDY Counsel for Respondent No.1: GP FOR MUNCIPAL ADMN. & URBAN DEV. Counsel for Respondent No.2: SRI DHANANJAY REDDY, STANDING COUNSEL. The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.1760 OF 2007 ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader appearing for respondent No.1. The petitioners claim to be the owners of the land to an extent of Ac.13.25 gts in Sy.No.63 and Ac.4.04 gts. in Sy.Nos.60, 61 and 62 situated at Gandipet village, Rajendranagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. They contend that, at the first instance, they submitted an application to the respondents on 23.03.2004 for change of use of the land from recreational to residential, in respect of the land admeasuring Ac.13.25 gts. in Sy.No.63 situated at Gandipet village, Rajendranagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, and subsequently they submitted another application to the 2nd respondent on 08.07.2005 seeking the same change of use of the land, as requested in their earlier application, in respect of the land to an extent of Ac.4.04 gts. in Sy.Nos.60, 61 and 62 situated at Gandipet village, Rajendranagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, besides the relief sought in earlier application dated 23.03.2004. The grievance of the petitioners is that though they provided all the information and complied with all the requirements as sought by the respondents, the respondents are not considering and disposing of their applications. On 01.02.2007, the learned Government Pleader took notice on behalf of respondent No.1 and has undertaken to obtain instructions by the next date of hearing and, thereafter, the matter has been adjourned from time to time. Today, when the matter is called, learned Government Pleader, on instructions, submits that the representations of the petitioners are pending before the Government and the Government will consider the same, provided some time is granted to them. Having regard to the submissions made by the learned Government Pleader and as much as the representations of the petitioners are pending consideration for the last several years, the 1st respondent is directed to dispose of the representations dated 23.03.2004 and 08.07.2005 purported to have been filed by the petitioners as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J 24.04.2009 v v