THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.21092 OF 2007 DATED: 01-11-2007 BETWEEN Ponnaganti Venkataramanaiah @ Ramaiah, S/o. Late Kotaiah, Occ: Agriculture, R/o. Turkapalem, Guntur District and others. …PETITIONERS AND The District Collector, Guntur, Guntur District and two others. …RESPONDENTS ORDER: Petitioners submit that they have filed applications on 05.01.2007, 01.04.2007 and 01.08.2007 before the Mandal Revenue Officer marking copies to the Revenue Divisional Officer and the District Collector, requesting to issue pattadar passbooks in respect of the land of an extent of Ac.2.11 cents each in favour of the petitioners totaling to an extent of Ac.8.44 cents situated in Sy.No.701 of Turkapalem Village of Nallapadu Hamlet. Petitioners further submit that their father purchased the said property and that they have divided the property on 02.11.2006 by way of registered partition and there is no dispute with regard to title among their family members. The grievance of the petitioners is that their applications have not been considered. 2. When applications have been filed in prescribed form for issuance of pattadar passbooks, I am of the opinion that there is no justification on the part of the Mandal Revenue Officer, Guntur Rural Mandal, in keeping the said applications pending without considering the same under the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 1971 (for short ‘the Act’). 3. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the second respondent – Mandal Revenue Officer/Tahsildar is directed to consider and dispose the applications filed by the petitioners as expeditiously as possible without any unnecessary delay preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order by conducting enquiry in accordance with law. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J November 1, 2007 Note: Furnish C.C. of the order in one week. (B/o) DSK