IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 8620 of 2009 Between: 1 Ghalib Bin Abood S/o. Abood Bin Aslam R/o. Sultan Shahi, Hyderabad. 2 Aslam Bin Abood S/o. Abood Bin Aslam R/o. Sultan Shahi, Hyderabad. 3 Obaid Bin Abood S/o. Abood Bin Aslam R/o. Sultan Shahi, Hyderabad. 4 Ali Bin Abood S/o. Abood Bin Aslam R/o. Sultan Shahi, Hyderabad. 5 Khalid Bin Abood S/o. Abood Bin Aslam R/o. Sultan Shahi, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Assistant Director, Survey Settlement & Land Records, Govt. of A.P., Nampally, Hyderabad. 2 Metropolitan Commissioner, Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), Having Office at Greenlands, Begumpet, Hyderabad. .....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 one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring that the action of the 1st respondent in not conducting the survey and demarcating the land of the petitioners under plots Nos.1 to 5 in Sy.No.40 in Ward and Block No.8- 13, situated at Bomruknuddowla Village, Rajendranagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, respectively, as illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice and consequently direct the 1st respondent to consider the application of the petitioner dated 10.4.2009 to conduct the survey and to fix the boundary stones in respect of the land belongs to the petitioner under plot Nos.1 to 5 in Sy.No.40 in Ward and Block No.8-13, situated at Bomruknuddowla Village, Rajendranagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, respectively. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.MOHD.MOIN AHMED QUADRI Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following ORDER: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.8620 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioners are said to have purchased plots in Ward/Block No.8-13 of Bomruknuddowla Village, Rajendranagar Mandal under sale deeds of the year 2006. On an earlier occasion, they approached this Court complaining that the second respondent is trying to dispossess them. The writ petitions were disposed of on 09.04.2009, directing that the second respondent shall not dispossess the petitioners and at the same time, the petitioners shall not have any right to encroach the land in Survey No.42. The petitioners submit that on account of lack of clarity in the boundaries between Survey Nos.40 and 42, the second respondent is interfering and that they are unable to enjoy the property effectively. It is stated that the petitioners made an application to the first respondent with a request to survey the land and complaining that no action has been taken thereon, the present writ petition is filed. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. It was only on 10.04.2009 that the petitioners have submitted an application for survey. The first respondent was obviously busy on election duties. Therefore, he cannot be expected to take immediate and prompt action. Be that as it may, demarcation of boundaries between the land in Survey Nos.40 and 42 would go a very long way in resolving the dispute between the petitioners on the one hand and the respondents on the other hand. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of directing the first respondent to fix the boundaries of the land in Survey Nos.40 and 42, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. He shall be under obligation to issue notice to the owners of the neighbouring lands. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ L.Narasimha Reddy, J Dt.27.04.2009 VGB