IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 22601 of 2008 Between: Shekhar Movva, S/o. Late M. Ramachandra Rao R/o.9-19-4, C.B.M. Compound, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of A.P. rep. by the Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Visakhapatnam. 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam. 4 Tahsildar, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ, order or a direction more particularly one in nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not considering the application made by the petitioner for issue of pattadar pass book and title deed of the land in Sy.No.86 ,admeasuring Ac.0.75 cents, which was purchased by the petitioner, through a registered sale deed vide document No.1086 of 2007 dated 23.02.2006 situated at Nerellavalasa Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam district, as being illegal, arbitrary, unreasonable and violative of principles of natural justice, apart from being violative of the provisions of the A.P. Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971 and Rules made thereunder and issue a consequential direction directing the respondents to forthwith issue the pattadar passbook and title deed, and incorporate the same in the appropriate records. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.LAKSHMA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : O R D E R:- This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not considering the petitioner’s application for issuing pattadar passbook and title deed in his favour for the land admeasuring Ac.0.75 cents in S.No.86 situated in Nerellavalasa village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, as arbitrary and illegal. The petitioner asserts that he purchased the land in an extent of Ac.0.75 cents out of Ac.2.75 cents in S.No.86 situated in Nerellavalasa village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District from one A.Gurumurthy, under a registered sale deed dated 5.2.2007 and since then, he has been in peaceful possession and enjoyment of it. Later, the petitioner made an application, dated 9.10.2007 to the revenue authorities for issuance of pattadar passbook and title deed in his favour. Now, the petitioner’s main grievance is that though he submitted an application requesting the respondents to issue pattadar passbook and title deed in his favour in respect of the property in question, no orders thereon have been passed till date. Heard Sri P.Laxma Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing on behalf of the respondents. The learned Government Pleader for Revenue has submitted that the petitioner has to make proper application in Form 6-A of the A.P. Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbook Act, 1971 (for brevity “the Act”) to the respondents, and if any such application is made, the respondents shall certainly consider it. Since the petitioner is said to have not made application in proper format, both the counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue have agreed to the disposal of the writ petition with the following directions: “The petitioner shall make proper application in Form 6-A of the Act to the respondents, and if any such application is made, the respondents shall consider and dispose of the same in accordance with law, within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order” In terms of the above direction, this writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA, J 17th October, 2008 bcj