THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION Nos.25804 and 25772 of 2011 COMMON ORDER: The relief sought for in these Writ Petitions is to declare the action of the Revenue Divisional Officer, Narsipatnam, Visakhapatnam (third respondent), in not issuing proceedings to de-notify the lands of the petitioners, in terms of G.O.Ms.No.1117 dated 11.11.1993, as arbitrary and illegal. It would suffice if the facts in W.P.No.25804 of 2011 are taken note of. It is the first petitioner’s case that he was an ex- serviceman having served the army for more than seven years; on an application made by him an extent of Ac.5.00 of land, in Sy.No.280/2 of Chodipilli Village, Atchutapuram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, was assigned in the name of his wife, the second petitioner herein, as the policy of the then Government was to assign lands in favour of wives of ex- servicemen only; after being handed over possession of the lands, they had raised Nilagiri and Mango trees; pattadar pass books, under the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971 (for short ‘the Act’), were issued in terms of G.O.Ms.No.1117 dated 11.11.1993; they were entitled to dispose of the land after the stipulated period of ten years; though they made representations on 23.07.2011, 27.07.2011 and 24.08.2011, no action was taken thereupon by the third respondent for issuance of ‘No Objection Certificate’ in respect of the subject lands; and, while G.O.Ms.No.1117 dated 11.11.1993 does not require any such permission to be accorded by the third respondent, the subsequent circular dated 14.07.2009 issued by the Collector, Visakhapatnam (second respondent) required ‘No Objection Certificate’ to be obtained from the third respondent before any such permission was accorded. Dr. P.B.Vijay Kumar, Learned Counsel for the petitioners, would submit that, instead of adjudication on merits, it would suffice if this Court were to direct the third respondent to dispose of the petitioners’ representations dated 23.07.2011, 27.07.2011 and 24.08.2011. Since the petitioners’ claim to have submitted representations dated 23.07.2011, 27.07.2011 and 24.08.2011, which are pending before the second respondent for more than two months, and in view of the urgency expressed, in the affidavits filed in support of these Writ Petitions, of sale of the lands being necessary for performance of the petitioners’ daughters marriage, I consider it appropriate to dispose of the Writ Petitions directing the third respondent to consider the representations of the petitioners’ dated 23.07.2011, 27.07.2011 and 24.08.2011, in accordance with law, and pass orders thereupon, within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Writ Petitions are, accordingly, disposed of. However, in the circumstances, costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J Date:15.09.2011 Note:CC in one week bo usd