IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.20939 of 2010 BETWEEN Smt. S. Bhagyamma. ... PETITIONER AND The Deputy Tahsildar, Uppal Mandal, Ranga Reddy District and another. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. S. SREENIVASA SARMA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following order: ORDER: In this writ petition the petitioner seeks directions by way of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not considering her case for issuing pattadar passbooks and title deeds pertaining to her agricultural land admeasuring Ac.1.18 guntas covered by Sy.No.556 situated at Uppal Bagayat, Uppal Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. It is the case of the petitioner that she is the owner and possessor of the land admeasuring Ac.1.18 guntas situated at Uppal Bagayat, Uppal Mandal. It is stated that the ancestral property stood transferred in the name of her father later Giri Yadi Reddy and after his death in the year 2005, the petitioner succeeded to the property. It is also stated that after the death of the father of the petitioner, the name of the petitioner was recorded in the pahanies, as the possessor of the land. In this writ petition, it is the grievance of the petitioner that though she made several representations for issuance of pattadar passbooks and title deeds, the respondents are not considering the same. 3. Even according to the case of the petitioner as of now patta is not transferred in her favour. If the patta is not standing in the name of the petitioner merely on the ground that in possession column her name is recorded, the petitioner is not entitled for issuance of pattadar passbooks and title deeds for the aforesaid land in question. On mere possession, under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 1971, the petitioner cannot claim any pattadar passbooks and title deeds for the aforesaid land. Even in the affidavit field in support of this writ petition it is not stated as to whether any application is filed by the petitioner for transfer of patta in her name. In that view of the matter, as much as for the land in question the patta does not stand in the name of the petitioner in the revenue records, no direction can be granted for issuance of pattadar passbooks and title deeds. 4. However, liberty is given to the petitioner to approach the competent authority for transfer of patta, if she claims that she is the successor in interest to the original pattadar and is enjoying the aforesaid land. It is also clarified that after transfer of patta it is open for the petitioner to file an application for issuance of pattadar passbooks and title deeds. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J August 24, 2010 DSK