THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY W.P.No.11240 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioners claim to be the owners of 3766 square meters of land in Survey No.12 of Thummalakunta Village, Saroornagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. The land is covered by the master plan for Hyderabad and at present it is in residential zone. The petitioners intended to put the land to commercial use and accordingly submitted an application on 29.10.2008 before the 1st respondent duly paying the requisite fee. Their grievance is that no action has been taken thereon. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel for the respondents. The A.P.Urban Areas Development Act provides for publication of master plans, stipulation of land uses as well as the procedure for change of land use. The ultimate authority to order change of land use vests with the Government. However, the application has to be processed and necessary recommendations are to be made by the concerned urban development authority. More than one year has elapsed ever since the petitioners submitted application to the 1st respondent. There cannot be any justification to keep the application pending without processing it for such a long time. Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of directing the 1st respondent to process the application submitted by the petitioners on 29.10.2008 for change of land use and pass appropriate orders thereon within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. _________ 16.12.2009 Note: Issue C.C. in three days. (B/o) JSU THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY W.P.No.11240 of 2009 Date: 16.12.2009 JSU