IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 27211 of 2009 Between: A. Bala Nagi Reddy S/o. Venkat Reddy R/o. Dhanwada Village, Mylavaram, Jammalamadugu Mandal, Kadapa District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Kadapa. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Jammalamadugu, Kadapa District. 3 The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, A.P. Nampally, Hyderabad. .....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 in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not granting lease of land to the extent of Ac.14.76 guntas in Survey No.220/1 of Gollapally Village, Mylavaram Mandal, Kadapa District in favour of the petitioner inspite of recommendations made by the 1st and 2nd respondents in this regard without any justification or reasonable cause is as illegal, arbitrary and unjust and consequently hold that the petitioner is entitled for grant of lease of the land situated in Survey No.220/1 of Gollapally Village on the basis of recommendations made by the 1st respondent with all consequential benefits. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.D.BALA KISHAN RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU W.P. No. 27211 of 2009 O R D E R: It appears, the petitioner has submitted an application for grant of lease of land or for purchase on market value for establishment of A.B. Nagi Reddy Constructions and Material Supplies for erection of a stone crushing unit at Gollapally village, Mylavaram Mandal, Kadapa District, on 14.6.2007. Further, 2nd respondent also recommended the case of the petitioner for lease of land in S.No.220/1 to an extent of Ac.14- 76 cents of Gollapally village, in favour of the petitioner for a period of five years. Further, the Joint Collector, Kadapa District also inspected the proposed land in S.No.220/1 along with the Tahsildar, Mylavaram and other field staff and found that the land is non-agricultural land. Thus, the District Collector recommended for grant of lease in favour of the petitioner in an extent of Ac.14-76 cents, situated in S.No.220/1 of Gollapally village, Mylavaram Mandal, Kadapa District, vide letter No.E1/2211/2007 dated 12.5.2008. Now the grievance of the petitioner is that though the District Collector made such recommendation on 12.5.2008, 3rd respondent has not disposed of the matter till date. Under those circumstances, without expressing any opinion on merits, 3rd respondent is directed to take appropriate decision on the recommendation made by the District Collector, Kadapa through his letter dated 12.5.2008, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the same to the petitioner. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU. Date: 14-12-2009. MVB.