IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 17338 of 2008 Between: Velmula balaiah S/o Pochaiah R/o Tallapet Village, Dandepally Mandal, Adilabad District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Regional Deputy Director, Survey and Land Records, Hyderabad. 2 The Assistant Director, Survey and land Records, Adilabad, Adilabad District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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, more particularly a writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents herein in not conducting the survey and not ﬁxing the boundaries of the lands of the petitioner in Sy. No. 197 situated at Tallapet villge, Dandepally Mandal, Adilabd District though the petitioner has submitted the application along with the requisite fees long back and though the petitioner is ready to pay the expenditure incurred for the conducting of the Survey as illegal, arbitrary, unjust violation of Principles of natural justice, null and void and consequently direct the respondents to conduct the survey and ﬁx the boundaries of the lands of the petitioner situated in Sy.No. 197, situated at Tallapet Vilage, Dandepally Mandal, Adilabad District in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.S.SURENDER REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : O R D E R:- This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not conducting the survey and not ﬁxing the boundaries to the petitioner’s lands in S.No.197 situated in Tallapet village, Dandepally Mandal, Adilabad District though the petitioner submitted an application along with requisite fees long back and is ready to pay the expenditure incurred for conducting survey, as arbitrary and illegal and consequently direct the respondents to conduct the survey and ﬁx the boundaries to the petitioner’s lands. The petitioner asserts that he is the absolute owner of various extents of lands in S.No.197 situated at Tallapet village, Dandepally Mandal, Adilabad District and since long he has been in peaceful possession and enjoyment of them. When the petitioner was not in his village, some unsocial elements with the help of neighbouring landowners tried to enter his lands and encroach them by alienating the boundaries. Then, the petitioner made a representation dated 6.1.2004 requesting the respondents to demarcate the lands in S.No.197 and ﬁx boundaries to them. The respondents issued several notices to him directing him to be present in the premises of his lands on 29.1.2005, 12.4.2005 and 19.4.2005 for ﬁxing the boundaries. Now, the petitioner’s grievance is that though he made the representation in the year 2004, and in pursuance of the notice he was present on all the stipulated dates, the respondents have neither conducted the survey and ﬁxed the boundaries nor passed any orders on his representation. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and both of them agreed to the disposal of the writ petition with the following direction: The respondents are directed to conduct the survey and demarcate the petitioner’s lands in S.No.197 by considering his representation dated 6.1.2004, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA, J 22nd August, 2008 bcj