IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.5600 of 2009 Between: Shahed Mohsin S/o. Late Mohd. Mohsin Ali R/o. H.No.16-2-73, Akber Bagh, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, rep. by its Chief Commissioner, Tank Bund, Hyderabad. 2 Asst. City Planner, Circle-4, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, 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 particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in insisting to produce No Objection Certificate and TSLR Certificate for receiving and consideration the application for building permission for construction of building in premises No.16-2-73, Akber Bagh, Hyderabad, as illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondents to receive and consider the application for building permission without insisting No Objection Certificate and TSLR Certificate and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner: SMT.JYOTHI ESWAR GOGINENI Counsel for the Respondents: R.RADHA KRISHNA REDDY(SC FOR GHMC,SNCZONE) The Court made the following : ORDER: Questioning the action of the 1st respondent-Corporation in not receiving the application along with the proposed plan submitted by the petitioner and not granting permission to him to construct the building, for want of No Objection Certificate from the revenue authorities, this writ petition is filed. When the matter is taken up for hearing, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner and admitted to by the learned Standing Counsel for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation that similar writ petitions, one such being W.P. No. 25785 of 2008, by an order dated 25.11.2008, was disposed of with certain directions. Therefore, both of them agreed to the disposal of this writ petition by and in terms of the directions as made therein. Hence, following the said order, this writ petition is also disposed of at the stage of admission with the following directions: The respondents are directed to receive the application submitted by the petitioner seeking permission to construct the building, without insisting her on producing No Objection Certificate from the revenue authorities. Whether the petitioner is entitled to the same or not is purely the prerogative of the respondents. However, after processing the application of the petitioner, the respondents shall pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with the provisions of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 and Building Bye-laws made therein, if the same is otherwise in order, within a period of six weeks from today. No order as to costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 19.03.2009 va