IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No. 4236 of 2009 Between: Mantha Surya Satya Venkata Subrahmanyam, S/o. Late Venkata Narasimha Murthy, Hindu, R/o. Lakshminarasimha Nagar, Appanapalem, Simhachalam, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONER AND Simhachalam Devasthanam, Rep by its Executive Officer, Simhachalam, Visakhapatnam District. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction, particularly a writ in the nature of mandamus, declaring the actionof the respondents herein in not issuing duplicate Land Regularisation Certificate bearing No.2227/03 dated 11.02.2004 to the petitioners herein in respect of his land to an extent of 150 sq.yds.in Sy.No.98/1 situated at Appannapalem Village, Vepagunta Gram Panchayat, Visakhapatnam District as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI K.V.SUBRAHMANYA NARUSU Counsel for the Respondent: SRI V.VENUGOPALA RAO The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.4236 of 2009 ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondent. Petitioner claims to have purchased the land to an extent of 150 sq. yards in Sy.No.98/1 situated at Appannapalem village, Vepagunta Gram Panchayat, Visakhapatnam District from his vendor under a registered sale deed. It is his further case that after issuance of Land Regularisation Certificate bearing No.2227/03, dated 11.02.2004, in his favour, he obtained permission from the Gram Panchayat for construction of a house in the said land and made constructions and since then, he has been residing in the said house. The grievance of the petitioner is that in the year 2007, in order to get his house repaired, he shifted to a nearby rented house and after completion of such repair works, when he was shifting to his house, some documents, including the aforesaid Land Regularisation Certificate, were misplaced, and thereupon, he made a representation on 15.06.2008 to the respondent seeking to issue duplicate of the said Land Regularisation Certificate, but till date the respondent has not issued the same. Hence, this writ petition. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the respondent is directed to consider issuing duplicate Land Reguralisation Certificate bearing No.2227/03, dated 11.02.2004, to the petitioner, in respect of the land to an extent of 150 sq.yards in Sy.No.98/1 situated at Appannapalem village, Vepagunta Gram Panchayat, Visakhapatnam District, subject to the condition of the petitioner giving an undertaking that he shall not utilize the said certificate for sale of the land in question or creating any third party interest over the same. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _____________ C.V.RAMULU,J 03.03.2009 Note: Furnish CC in three days B/o v v