THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.28042 OF 2010 DATED 13TH DECEMBER, 2010 BETWEEN Abuzer and Others … Petitioners And State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Municipal Administration, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and another. … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.28042 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioners are aggrieved by the action of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation in not receiving and processing their applications for permission to construct in the premises bearing Municipal No.22-7-230 admeasuring 40.12 square yards situated at Chatta Bazar, Hyderabad. The ground for not receiving and processing their applications is alleged to be their failure in producing a ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the Revenue Authorities. In the light of the law laid down by this Court in HYDERABAD POTTERIES PVT. LTD. v. COLLECTOR, HYDERABAD DISTRICT[1], it is not open to the Municipal Authorities to insist upon a ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the Revenue Authorities or from the Town Survey and Land Records Department as a condition precedent for processing the building application. There shall accordingly be a direction to the second respondent to receive the petitioners’ building application in respect of the subject property and process the same in accordance with the provisions of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 and the rules made thereunder. The Writ Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission with the above direction. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J. 13TH DECEMBER, 2010. VGSR/PGS [1] 2001 (3) ALT 200