IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALAKRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.9945 of 2008 Between: Sunkara Veera Bhadra Prasad, s/o Late Venkata Ramana Rao, r/o H.No.59/13/35, Gayatrinagar, Vijayajwada-08 Krishna District. ... PETITIONER AND 1. Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, Industries and Commerce, Department (Mining) Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2. Director of Mines and Geology, B.R.K.R. Buildings, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. 3. Deputy Director of Mines & Geology, Prasanth Nagar, Kakinada, E.G. District. 4. Assistant Director of Mines, Rythupet, Nandigama, Krishna District. 5. Tahsildar/Mandal Revenue Officer, Jaggaiahpeta Mandal, Krishna District. 6. Sub Collector/Revenue Divisional Officer, O/o Sub-Collector, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 7. The District Collector, Krishna District, Machilipatnam, Krishna 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 any writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus by declaring the inaction of respondents in making necessary changes in the Revenue Records as to the nature/ classification of the lands in issue i.e, R.S.No.1 situated at Tripuravaram village of Jaggaiahpet Mandal, Krishna District in all the revenue records in accordance with the report of the Joint Inspection Committee and notification issued by the Forest Department as arbitrary, unreasonable and illegal, and consequently direct the respondents to make necessary changes as to the classification in the revenue records relating to the lands in R.S.No.1 of Tripuravaram Village, Jaggaiahpet Mandal, Krishna District and to pass such other orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr. Y.SUBRAHMANYAM Counsel for Respondent Nos. 1 to 5: GP FOR MINES AND GEOLOGY Counsel for Respondent Nos. 6&7: GP FOR MINES AND GEOLOGY The Court made the following: ORDER: - The main grievance of the petitioner is that respondents have not made necessary changes in the revenue records as to the nature/ classification of the land in issue i.e. R.S.No.1 situated at Tripuravaram village of Jaggaiahpet Mandal, Krishna District in all revenue records in accordance with the report of the Joint Inspection Committee and notification issued by the Forest Department. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleaders for Mines & Geology and Revenue for respondents. 3. As the petitioner had given representations to the authorities on 19-12-2005, 21-03-2007and 07-05-2007 to respondents 5 to 7, this Court without going into the main aspect raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner is disposing of this writ petition with a direction to respondents 5 to 7 to consider the said representations and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law. The said exercise shall be done within a period of four weeks from today. 4. With the above directions the writ petition is disposed of at the stage of admission. No order as to costs. ________________________________ JUSTICE GOPALAKRISHNA TAMADA Dt.01-05-2008 GLV ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER Copy to: 1. The Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department (Mining) Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2. The Director of Mines and Geology, B.R.K.R. Buildings, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. 3. The Deputy Director of Mines & Geology, Prasanth Nagar, Kakinada, East Godavari District. 4. The Assistant Director of Mines, Rythupet, Nandigama, Krishna District. 5. The Tahsildar/Mandal Revenue Officer, Jaggaiahpeta Mandal, Krishna District. 6. The Sub Collector/Revenue Divisional Officer, O/o Sub-Collector, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 7. The District Collector, Krishna District, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. 8. 2CCs to 9. 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VSMI}