IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO:23607 of 2008 Between: 1 Mannava Suguna W/o. Koteswara Rao R/o. Plot No.9, Sitapati Colony, East Marredpalli, Secunderabad. 2 M. Bhramaramba, W/o. Sriramulu R/o.5-9-22/53, Adarshanagar, Hyderabad-500 483. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by is Principal Secretary to Government, Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 District Collector and Magistrate, Hyderabad District, Nampalli Station Road, Hyderabad. 3 Andhra Pradesh Housing Board (A.P.H.B.), rep. by its Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Gruhakalpa Buildings, Nampalli, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:MR. M.R.K.CHOWDARY, SENIOR COUNSEL assisted by MR.P.V.MAHESH Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 & 2:AGP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled for a writ of mandamus to declare the inaction of respondent Nos.1 and 2 in considering the applications of the petitioners for regularisation of the property in their occupation in terms of G.O.Ms.No.166, Revenue (Assn. POT) Department, dated 16.02.2008, as illegal and arbitrary. Heard Sri M.R.K.Chowdary, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue for respondent Nos.1 and 2. In the manner in which the writ petition is proposed to be disposed of, it is not necessary to issue notice to respondent No.3. There is a dispute regarding title over the land in Survey No.74/6 of East Marredpally. A layout was prepared by M/s.Balamrai Cooperative Housing Society Limited and the petitioners claimed to have purchased plots admeasuring 305.55 sq.yards and 350 sq.yards each in the said layout on 21.03.1991 and 28.04.1988 respectively. The respondents instituted the land grabbing proceedings in the Special Court constituted under the Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982 against the said society and the same are pending. The Government of Andhra Pradesh issued G.O.Ms.No.166, dated 16.02.2008, which provides for regularisation of unauthorized occupation of the property subject to the conditions contained therein. The grievance of the petitioners is that though they applied for regularisation under the said G.O., respondent No.2 has not so far considered their applications. The petitioners, therefore, sought for innocuous relief of directing respondent No.2 to consider and dispose of their applications in terms of the said G.O. Having heard the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, I do not ﬁnd any tenable objection for the respondents to consider and dispose of the petitioners’ applications on their own merits in the light of the above- mentioned Government Order. The writ petition is, therefore, disposed of with the direction to respondent No.2 to dispose of the applications of the petitioners in accordance with G.O.Ms.No.166, dated 16.02.2008, within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP.No.30786 of 2008 ﬁled by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 31st OCTOBER, 2008. kvni