IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.13493 OF 2010 Between: Brother Maurice .....PETITIONER AND The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, Lakdikapool, Hyderabad and others ....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.13493 OF 2010 ORDER: By order dated 15.05.2010 the Tahsildar, Serilingampally Mandal, rejected the request of the petitioner for grant of mutation in respect of the land admeasuring Ac.2-00 guntas in Survey No.41/1 of Khanamet Village, Serilingamapally Mandal. The petitioner claims title to this land under a registered sale deed. The application of the petitioner for mutation was filed under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971 (for brevity, “the Act”). The rejection is therefore relatable to Section 5(1) of the said Act and an appeal lies against the said order under Section 5(5) of the Act to the Revenue Divisional Officer concerned. The petitioner claims that the stand taken by the Tahsildar in the impugned proceedings that the land is Government land is untenable. Without touching upon the merits of the claim of the petitioner, I am of the opinion that the petitioner cannot circumvent the statutory remedies available to him under the Act and approach this Court directly by way of a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution. The matter requires to be examined on facts and such exercise is better suited to the statutory authorities. This Court would not embark on such factual enquires in the normal course. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed at the stage of admission, leaving it open to the petitioner to invoke the statutory remedy available to him. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________________ JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR June 16, 2010 MD