THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.27790 of 2011 ORDER: Failure on the part of the third respondent to consider the petitioner’s application dated 11.07.2011 for issuance of pattadar pass books and title deeds is questioned in this Writ Petition as being contrary to the provisions of Sections 4 and 5 of the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Book Act, 1971 (the Act), and as being arbitrary, illegal and violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The petitioner seeks a consequential direction to respondent Nos.2 and 3 to amend the records and issue pattadar pass books and title deeds for the land admeasuring Ac.1.00 in R.S.No.110 of Nimmalagudem Village and Panchayat, Jangareddigudem Mandal, West Godavari District. The petitioner claims to have purchased an extent of Ac.1.00 of land in R.S.No.110 of Nimmalagudem Village and Panchayat, Jangareddigudem Mandal, West Godavari District by way of a registered sale deed No.4643 of 2011 dated 28.06.2011. He claims that the said property was purchased from Sri K.Gangadhar Rao who in turn had purchased the property from Smt T.Chinna Somalamma. It is the petitioner’s case that the pattadar pass books were issued in the name of Smt T.Chinna Somalamma on 09.12.2011 by the then Mandal Revenue Officer, Jangareddigudem and, therefore, he is entitled to have the records mutated, and pattadar pass books issued in his favour. A counter affidavit is filed by the respondents wherein it is stated that Smt T.Chinna Somalamma had sold the property by way of an unregistered sale deed in favour of Sri Vasanthati Narayana Murthy who is in possession of the land as on date and, in view of the dispute between the petitioner and Sri Vasanthati Narayana Murthy regarding title over the land in question, no pattadar passbooks could be issued in favour of the petitioner. The fact, however, remains that an application has been made by the petitioner for issuance of pattadar pass books and title deeds. The third respondent is bound, under the Act, to pass an order, on the application submitted by the petitioner, in accordance with law. I consider it appropriate, therefore, to direct the third respondent to consider the petitioner’s application dated 11.07.2011, give the petitioner, Sri Vasanthati Narayana Murthy, and any other person interested in the property, an opportunity of being heard, and pass orders thereafter in accordance with law. The entire exercise, culminating in an order being passed, shall be completed within a period of four months from today. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, disposed of. However, in the circumstances, without costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J Date:31.10.2011 Note:CC in ten days bo usd