THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.846 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner is a Temple at Madduru Village, Kovvuru Mandal, West Godavari District. It is stated that an extent of Acs.3.48 cents of land in R.S.No.174/5 is owned by it. When certain encroachments were noticed on it, the petitioner initiated steps under Section 83 of the Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987 and the same is pending as O.A.No.53 of 2004 before the Deputy Commissioner of Endowments, Kakinada. It is stated that during the course of adjudication of the O.A., it became necessary to ascertain the boundaries of the land and for that purpose, an application was made to the fourth respondent to cause survey of the land and to fix the boundaries thereof. The grievance of the petitioner is that no action has been taken thereon. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The Andhra Pradesh Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923 and the Rules made thereunder prescribe the procedure for survey of lands and fixation of boundaries. On submission of an application and payment of prescribed fee, the authority concerned has to undertake the survey and fixation of boundaries. The petitioner states that it had made an application way back in the year 2007 and so far, no action has been taken thereon. By any standard, the inaction for such a long time cannot be countenanced. The very purpose of making an application was to know the exact boundaries, so that necessary representation can be made in the O.A. If the application filed by the petitioner was defective, in any manner, the fourth respondent ought to have informed the same. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing the fourth respondent to conduct survey of the land in R.S.No.174/5 admeasuring Acs.3.48 cents, situated at Madduru Village, Kovvuru Mandal, West Godavari District, within a period of six (6) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The fourth respondent shall issue notice to the affected parties and he may require the petitioner to comply with the deficiencies, if any, in the application. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:23.01.2009 Note: Issue cc in one week. (B/o) kdl