IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO:25744 of 2002 Between: Mohd. Siraj S/o Mohd. Ameenudding R/o Flat No. 105 B Hi-Line Complex, Road No. 12 Banjara Hills, Hyderabd-34. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Collector and District Magistrate, Hyderabad District. 2 Mandal Revenue Officer, Shaikpet Village, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. 3 The ChiefCommissioner, Land Administration, Hyderabad. 4 The Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 5 The Joint Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.RAGHU Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 3 & 5:AGP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. This writ petition is ﬁled for a writ of mandamus to direct the respondents to regularize the petitioner’s possession over an extent of 70.66 sq.yards of land in T.S.No.46/2, Ward No.12, Block ‘O’, Shaikpet Village and Mandal, Hyderabad in pursuance of order, dated 21.09.1999 passed by respondent No.1. At the hearing, Sri C.Raghu, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that in pursuance of G.O.Ms.No.166, dated 16.02.2008 issued by the State Government, the petitioner submitted his application for regularisation and that the respondents may be directed to dispose of the same. Since the request of the learned counsel for the petitioner is not only innocuous but also reasonable, the writ petition is disposed of without going into the merits of the case, with the direction to respondent No.1 to dispose of the application, if any, submitted by the petitioner for regularisation of his possession in terms of G.O.Ms.No.166, Revenue (ASSN.POT) Department, dated 16.02.2008, within a period of three (3) months. Till the disposal of the said application, status quo as on today shall be maintained regarding possession. If it is found that no such application has been ﬁled by the petitioner, it is open to the respondents to deal with the land in the manner they deem it proper. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 10th SEPTEMBER, 2008. kvni