IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 7961 of 2009 Between: Busa Annapurna Reddy (Hindu) S/o. Appanna Kakarapalli Village, Munagapaka Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Tahsildar, Munagapaka Mandal Visakhapatnam District. 2 District Collector, Visakhapatnam District Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENTS 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 direction more particularly a Writ in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the Respondent No.1 herein to issue the proceedings in Rc.No.34/09 dt. -2-09 to the petitioner signed by him forthwith allowing the petitioner to go ahead with the work of laying the road in Sy. Nos.221/1 in an extent of Ac.0.06 Cts. and in Sy.No. 222/17 in an extent of Ac.0.02 Cts. of Kakarapalli Village, Munagapaka Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, declaring his action of silently sitting over the matter as illegal, arbitrary and capricious and consequently directing the Respondent No.1 to allow the petitioner to go ahead with his work of laying the road in the above said survey numbers. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. B. GAJENDRA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: G.P. FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.7961 OF 2009 ORDER: The petitioner owns land in Kakarapalli Village of Munagapaka Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. The only access to this land is through a strip of land owned by the Government in S.Nos.221/1 and 222/17. An extent of Ac.0.06 cents and Ac.0.02 cents in those respective two survey numbers was needed for that purpose. On an application made by the petitioner, the Tahsildar, Munagapaka, got the value of the land estimated as Rs.6,030/-. The petitioner intended to lay road on the land with his own cost. The Tahsildar prepared an order according permission to the petitioner to lay the road, but later he was transferred and a new officer has assumed charge. The grievance of the petitioner is that the matter has not been finalized yet and accordingly seeks appropriate directions in this regard. Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The present Tahsildar is said to have instructed the learned Government Pleader that there is no plausible objection for alienation of Ac.0.08 cents of land in favour of the petitioner. The difficulty appears to be only as regards the procedural aspects. Once the petitioner has offered not only to pay cost of the land, but also to incur the expenditure to lay road, which would be useful for public at large, there must not be any objection for the respondents to alienate a small strip of the land. Any delay in this regard is prone to add to the difficulties of the petitioner. The Writ Petition is, therefore, disposed of directing the respondents herein to finalize the steps in the matter of alienation of Ac.0.06 cents in S.No.221/1 and Ac.0.02 cents in S.No.222/17 of Kakarapalli Village, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. In the meanwhile, the petitioner shall be entitled to use the above said land, as passage. No costs. _____________________ Dt.23.4.2009 (L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J) bnr Note: Issue C.C. in three days. (B.O) bnr