THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22800 of 2010 Date: 14.09.2010 Between: Adem Chenchu Reddy ..... Petitioner AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its District Collector and others. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri K.Narsi Reddy Counsel for Respondent Nos. 1 to 4: Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue Counsel for Respondent Nos.5 to 7: -- The Court made the following: ORDER: In this writ petition the grievance of the petitioner is that the respondents are not surveying and demarcating the petitioner’s private land in order to enable him to enjoy his land without interference by the Forest officials. At the hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that though a legal notice was got issued by the petitioner on 22.05.2010, his client has not made a formal application to respondent Nos.3 and 4 for conducting survey and demarcating the boundaries between his private land and the forest land. Under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923 (for short ‘the Act’), the petitioner has a right to apply for survey and demarcation. On the petitioner’s own showing, such an application is not made. In the absence of such an application, no Mandamus can be issued to the respondents to conduct survey. The learned counsel for the petitioner, however, stated that his client may be permitted to make an application and if an application is made, respondent Nos.3 and 4 may be directed to take appropriate action. In the light of the above submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the Writ Petition is disposed of permitting the petitioner to make an appropriate application under the provisions of the Act to respondent Nos.3 and 4. If such an application is made, respondent Nos.3 and 4 shall take appropriate action in accordance with the provisions of the Act as expeditiously as possible. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.29101 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 14th September, 2010 GHN