THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 20474 OF 2010 Date: 18.08.2010 Between: Mohd. Lateef Khan and others ..... PETITIONERS AND Commissioner, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad and another .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following:- THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 20474 of 2010 O R D E R : This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondents in not receiving the application, proposed plan and permit fee from the petitioners for issuance of building permission and insisting the petitioners for getting ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the 2nd respondent-District Collector for construction of a building in respect of the property bearing Municipal No. 13-6-437/A/36/7 (consisting of portion Nos. A to E) admeasuring 5060 sq.yards equivalent to 4230.66 sq.meters under new survey No.284/6 (old survey No.176) falling in T.S.No.15, Block-B, Ward No.21 situated at Nanal Nagar, Gudimalkapur, Hyderabad, is arbitrary and illegal. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as Sri R.Ramachandra Reddy, learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents. The question raised in this Writ Petition is no longer res integra. This Court in Hyderabad Potteries Private Limited V. Collector, Hyderabad District and another[1] and District Collector V. N.Krishna Mohan[2], having considered an identical question, held that the authority cannot refuse to receive the building permission application on the ground of not furnishing “NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE” from the Revenue Authorities. In the light of the ratio laid down in the above decisions, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the 1st respondent – Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad to consider the application made by the petitioners seeking permission to construct a building in accordance with the provisions of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955, and the Rules made thereunder, without insisting on production of “NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE” from the 2nd respondent-District Collector, Ranga Reddy District. Accordingly the Writ Petition is disposed of. No costs. ​ ____________ Date: 18.08.2010 G. ROHINI, J Ivd [1] 2001(3) ALT 200 [2] 2000(3) ALT 225