IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.24340 of 2008 Between: M. Jaya Paul, S/o.Jayaraj, R/o.D.No.6/2-A, Rapthadu Village, Rapthadu Mandal, Ananthapur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Ananthapur, Ananthapur District. 2 The Tahsildar, Rapthadu, Rapthadu Mandal, Ananthapur District. .....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 an appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in not mutating the name of the petitioner in the revenue records in the place of the wife of the petitioner in respect of land to an extent of Ac.3.50 cents in Sy.No.140-1B situated at Rapthadu Village and Mandal, Ananthapur District as illegal, arbitrary, in violation of principles of natural justice and violation of Article 14 and 19 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the 2nd respondent to mutate the name of the petitioner in the revenue records in the place of his wife in respect of the land to an extent of Ac.3.50 cents in Sy.No.140-1B situated at Rapthadu Village and Mandal, Ananthapur District. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.N.ASWARTHA NARAYANA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.24340 OF 2008 ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and, at their request, the writ petition is taken up for disposal at the stage of admission. According to the petitioner, during the lifetime of his wife Kanakadurga, the Government has assigned land in an extent of Ac.3.50 cents in Sy.No.140-1B situated at Rapthadu Village and Mandal, Ananthapur District, in her favour, and also issued D- Form patta. It is his case that his wife died on 09.01.2008 and thereafter he submitted an application to the 2nd respondent- Tahsildar, Rapthadu Mandal, Ananthapur District, on 22.06.2008, seeking to mutate his name in place of his wife’s name in the revenue records in respect of the said property. It is his grievance that the said application has not been considered and, therefore, he ﬁled a petition through his Advocate before the 1st respondent- Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Ananthapur, seeking a direction to the 2nd respondent for eﬀecting mutation, but the same has also not been considered and no action has been taken thereon so far, and on the other hand, the respondents are trying to alienate the land in favour of third parties under Indiramma Housing Programme. Learned Government Pleader for Revenue submitted that as per the Rules under A.P. Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Rules, 1989, the petitioner has to ﬁle an application in Form VI(A), along with necessary documents, before the 2nd respondent, for mutation of his name in the revenue records. In view of the above submission, without going into the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to direct the petitioner to ﬁle an application in Form VI(A) under the A.P. Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Rules, 1989, along with necessary documents, before the 2nd respondent. If any such application is ﬁled, the 2nd respondent shall consider the same and pass appropriate orders, as expeditiously as possible. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ____________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 7th November, 2008 IBL