THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.16917 OF 2009 DATED: 18.08.2009 Between: S. Mastan Saheb and others. .. Petitioners and The District Collector, Chittoor, and others. .. Respondents ORDER: Heard both sides. Petitioners assert that they are in possession and enjoyment of the land in an extent of 0.30 cents in Sy.No.65 of C. Mallavaram Village, Tirupathi Rural Mandal of Chittoor District, for the past four decades, and have been paying taxes to the Government for the said land. It is their case that they submitted a representation dated 15.02.2002 to the 1st respondent-District Collector, Chittoor, seeking to grant them patta for the said land, and the 1st respondent forwarded the said representation to the 3rd respondent- Tahsildar, Tirupathi Rural Mandal, by letter dated 27.02.2002, requesting him to enquire into the matter and take necessary action. It is their grievance that, in spite of such request by the 1st respondent, the 3rd respondent has not taken any action and, therefore, they have again made several representations dated 15.04.2004, 15.04.2005, 04.02.2007 and 05.03.2009 to the 3rd respondent, seeking to grant them patta for the subject land, but the same are also not being considered. In the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, the 3rd respondent is directed to conduct a detailed enquiry into the matter and pass appropriate orders on the representation dated 05.03.2009 purported to have been submitted by the petitioners, in accordance with law, within a period of eight 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. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 18th August, 2009. IBL