THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.28540 of 2010 DT.22.11.2010 Between: R.Sridhar Reddy … Petitioner And The Joint Collector, Mahabubnagar Distrit and others. … Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri A.Ravinder Reddy Counsel for respondents: AGP for Revenue The Court made the following ORDER: ORDER: In this writ petition, the grievance of the petitioner is that respondent No.3 has not been carrying out the amendments in the revenue records duly incorporating his name in respect of property admeasuring Acs.5.21 guntas comprised in Survey No.270 of Kodgal Village, Jadcherla Mandal, Mahabubnagar District. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, on instructions, submitted that one person by name Boyi Chennaiah, claiming to be the tenant of the above-mentioned property, has approached the District Collector raising certain disputes and the said proceedings are pending. She has further stated that in view of pendency of the application of the said person, respondent No.3 has not disposed of the petitioner’s application for mutation. In my opinion, respondent No.3 being vested with the independent powers under Section 5(1) and (3) of the A.P.Rights in Lands and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971 (for short ‘the Act’) to entertain the applications for alteration of the entries in the revenue records, has no obligation to await proceedings, if any, before any other authority, including any higher authority in revenue hierarchy. Under the Act, the District Collector is only the revisional authority and unless orders in exercise of such revisional powers have been passed, the primary authority i.e., respondent No.3, is not precluded from discharging his statutory functions. In this view of the matter, respondent No.3 is directed to dispose of the application of the petitioner in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 of the Act and communicate the decision to the petitioner, within a period of six weeks form the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.36415 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) Date: 22.11.2010 VGB