IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 6912 of 2008 Between: 1 Rednam Ramanand, S/o. Late Gurunadh, R/o. D.No. 10-12-3, Rednam House, Visakhapatnam - 530 002. 2 Rednam Gurunadh, S/o. Ramanand, R/o. D.No. 10-12-3, Rednam House, Rednam Gardens, Old Jail Road, Visakhapatnam - 530 002. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Urban Land Ceiling and The Appellate Authority, Rep by its Director (Appeals), Office of the Chief Commissioner of land Administration, Nampally Station Road, AP Hyderabad. 2 The Special Officer Cum Competent Authority, Urban Land Ceiling, Waltair Uplands, Visakhapatnam .....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 to issue a writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent herin not considering and disposing of the appeal on merits, filed by the petitioners herein as illegal, arbitrary, unjust and contrary to law consequently direct the 2nd respondent herein to dispose of the said appeal on merits filed against the orders passed by the 2nd respondent U/s 8(4) of the Urban Land (Ceiling & Rulations) Act, 1976 forthwith and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.SAI NATH Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CEILING The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 6912 of 2008 Order: As against the order dated 18.08.1987, passed by respondent No.2, namely the Special Officer-cum-Competent Authority, Urban Land Ceiling, Waltair Uplands, Visakhapatnam, under Section 8(4) of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, holding that the petitioners are the excess land holders to an extent of 6506 Sq. Mtrs., and 2295 Sq. Mtrs., respectively, the petitioners preferred an appeal before the 1st respondent, namely the Director (Appeals), Urban Land Ceiling and the Appellate Authority, but no orders thereon had been passed till date. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, and both of them agreed for disposal of the writ petition with the following directions: The 1st respondent, namely the Director (Appeals), Urban Land Ceiling and the Appellate Authority, is directed to consider and dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioners and pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 31.03.2008 Ksr/Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{RLD}