IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO: 214 of 2005 Between: Kalvala Satyanarayana, S/o. Ramaiah, R/o. Ganeshnagar, Godavarikhani, Ramagundam (M), Karimngar District. ... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Adilabad. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Mancherial, Adilabad District. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Mancherial, Adilabad District. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue Writ or direction preferably Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the 3rd respondent in considering and disposing of my application dt. 3-5-2004 to affect mutation in respect of the land admeasuring Ac.5-00 in Sy.No.58 situated at Shivaru Garimella Mancherial (V&M) Adilabad /District as ilelgal, arbitrary, violative of principles of natural justice and consequently direct the 3rd respondent to consider and dispose of the application of the petitioner dt. 3-5-2004 without any further delay. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.KOWTURU VINAYA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court, at the admission stage, made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus declaring the inaction of the third respondent in considering and disposing of the petitioner’s application dated 03-05- 2004 to effect mutation in respect of the land admeasuring Ac.5-00 in Sy.No.58 at Shivaru Garimella, Mancherial (V&M) Adilabad District, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing on behalf of the respondents and with their consent, the writ petition is being disposed of at the admission stage. 3. Petitioner claims to be the owner and peaceful possessor of the land admeasuring Ac.5-00 in Sy.No.58 situated at Sivaru Garimella, Mancherial (V&M), Adilabad District, having purchased the same from one Sri Gadasu Venkateswarlu and Smt. Gadasu Lakshmi. It is the case of the petitioner that after purchasing the said land, he applied for mutation of his name in the revenue records in the prescribed format to the third respondent, Mandal Revenue Officer on 03-05-2004, but so far, no orders whatsoever have been passed on the said application and the same is pending on the file of the third respondent. 4. In view of the fact that the application of the petitioner dated 03-05-2004 is pending on the file of the third respondent, Mandal Revenue Officer, I deem it appropriate to direct the third respondent, Mandal Revenue Officer to consider the said application and dispose of the same, expeditiously, in accordance with law. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of at the admission stage. __________________ N.V. RAMANA, J January 19, 2005 MRR / TVK ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER Copy to: 1 The District Collector, Adilabad. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Mancherial, Adilabad District. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Mancherial, Adilabad District. 4 Two C.C. s to the G.P. for Revenue, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 5 Two C.D. copies.