THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.18055 of 2009 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not allotting Acs.27.00 of land to the petitioner society for public purpose for establishment of Teaching Medical College and Hospital in Survey No.54 of Modampalli Village, Giddalur Mandal, Prakasam District, or in any other suitable land on payment of market value, as arbitrary and illegal and consequently, to direct the respondents to allot Acs.27.00 of land in Survey No.54 of Modampalli Village, to the petitioner society on payment of market value. According to the petitioner, it is the society running various educational institutions and serving the public at large in the field of education. It intended to establish a medical college and a hospital attached thereto. In that process, it submitted a representation to the respondents for allotment of 30 acres of land in Survey No.54 of Modampalli Village, Giddalur Mandal, Prakasam District. Though the first respondent - Collector, Prakasam District, by his letter dis.No.E1/4408/2008, dated 17.01.2009, directed the fourth respondent - Tahsildar, Giddalur to submit a report in the matter, according to the petitioner, the fourth respondent did not take any action. Hence, this writ petition. The respondents filed a detailed counter denying the allegations made by the petitioner. It is stated that the land in Survey No.54 of Modampalli Village, Giddalur Mandal, Prakasam District, was originally allotted to the Horticulture Department. However, in view of depletion of water table, the land was taken over and allotted for construction of house-sites to the weaker sections of the society under Indiramma Scheme. Therefore, the land in Survey No.54 is not available as of today. However, the petitioner also requested that the land may be allotted to it in any other survey number of that Village. Under those circumstances, without expressing any opinion on merits, I deem it appropriate to direct the petitioner to submit a detailed representation before the first respondent - Collector, Prakasam District, within a period of three (3) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, ventilating its grievance and seeking allotment of land for establishment of medical college and hospital. On filing such representation, the first respondent shall obtain a report from the Tahsildar concerned in this regard and pass appropriate orders as per law, within a period of eight (8) weeks thereafter. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ C.V.RAMULU, J 20th OCTOBER, 2009. kvni