THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.24443 of 2011 Dated 30th August, 2011 Between: Sri M.A.Quddoos and another …Petitioners And Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, rep.by its Commissioner, Hyderabad and another …Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri S.Sridhar Counsel for respondents: Dr.Y.Padmavathi The Court made the following: ORDER: The petitioners claim to be the joint owners of land admeasuring 875 sq.yards forming part of Survey Nos.216/2 and 218/2 of Hasan Nagar, Bhola Sahab Maqta, Begumpet, Hyderabad. They claim their title through the simple sale deed, dated 19.05.2000, executed by one M.A.Rasheed Khan. The petitioners submitted an application on 05.08.2011 to respondent No.1 for grant of building permission and the said application was refused to be received by respondent No.1 on the ground that same was not accompanied by the No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Joint Collector, Hyderabad. This Court in Hyderabad Potteries Private Limited v. Collector, Hyderabad[1] held that the respondents cannot insist on production of NOC as a pre-condition for receiving, processing and considering the applications for grant of building permissions and that they can only prima facie examine the title of the persons, who apply for building permission. The same view was reiterated in K.Pavan Raj v. Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad[2]. In this view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondents not to insist on production of NOC from the revenue authorities by the petitioner. It is, however, made clear that the respondents are entitled to examine prima facie title of the petitioner and other relevant documents while considering the application for building permission. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.30020 of 2011 is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 30th August, 2011 VGB [1] 2001(3) ALD 600 [2] 2008(1) ALD 792