IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 28845 of 2008 Between: B.Ram Manohar S/o.B.Rama Subba Rao HIG 450 BHEL Ramachandrapuram Hyderabad ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of A.P rep.by its Principal Secretary Revenue Department Secretariat Hyderabad 2 The District Collector Visakhapatnam 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer Visakhapatnam 4 The Tahsildar Bheemunipatnam (M) 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 one in the 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 0.40 cents which was purchased by the petitioner through a registered sale deed vide document No.1093 of 2007 dt 23-02-2006 situated at Nerellavalasa(V) Bheemniatnam(M) Visakhapatnam District as being illegal arbitrary unresaonable and violative of principles of natural justice apart from being violative of the provisions of the A.P Rights in land and Pattadar Pass Book 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 and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.LAKSHMA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : WRIT PETITION NO : 28852 of 2008 Between: R. Venkata Ramana, S/o. R. Mohana Rao, R/o. 38-31-13, Green Gardens, Marripalem, Visakhapatnam. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Principal Secretary Revenue Department Secretariat Hyderabad 2 The District Collector Visakhapatnam 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer Visakhapatnam 4 The Tahsildar Bheemunipatnam (M) 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 one in the 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 0.40 cents which was purchased by the petitioner through a registered sale deed vide document No.1093 of 2007 dt 23-02-2006 situated at Nerellavalasa(V) Bheemunipatnam(M) Visakhapatnam District as being illegal arbitrary unresaonable and violative of principles of natural justice apart from being violative of the provisions of the A.P Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.LAKSHMA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : WRIT PETITION NO : 28854 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 Visakhaptnam 4 The 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 to issue a writ order or a direction more particularly one in the 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 1.00 cents which was purchased by the petitioner, through a registered sale deed vide document No. 1094 of 2007 dt. 23-2-2006 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 and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.LAKSHMA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION Nos. 28845, 28852 and 28854 of 2008 C O M M O N O R D E R: These three writ petitions are filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondents in not considering the applications made by the petitioners for issuance of pattadar pass books and title deeds in respect of the land purchased by them under register sale deeds is arbitrary and illegal. The petitioners stated that all of them made applications under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971 for making necessary entries in the Revenue records, the respondents failed to consider the same. The learned counsel for the petitioners has brought to the notice of this Court that in identical circumstances, this Court by a common order dated 06-09-2008 in W.P.No19328 of 2008 and batch disposed of the writ petitions with directions as under: “Since the grievance of the petitioners that respondent NO.4 has not followed this mandatory procedure appears to be legitimate, the writ petitions are disposed of with the direction to respondent No.4 to follow the procedure prescribed under Section 5of the Act, pass appropriate orders, after due enquiry, and communicate the same to the petitioners, within a period of eight(8) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.” Learned Government Pleader, who accepted notice for the respondents has not disputed the fact that the petitioners herein are also similarly situated. Accordingly, these three writ petitions are disposed of in terms of the order passed by this Court in W.P.No.19328 of 2008 and batch dated 06- 09-2008. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 31-12-2008 Note: Issue C.C. in 2 days. B/o KLP