IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 8557 of 2008 Between: Tirumalaraju Subba Laxmamma, W/o. Uppalapati Peda Appala Raju, R/o. D.No. 1-147, Patta Adivivaram, Simhachalam, Chinnagadali Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Secretary for Revenue, Secretariat, A.P. Government, Hyderabad. 2 District Collector, Visakhapatnam. 3 Tahsildar, Visakhapatnam Rural Mandal, Visakhapatnam. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate writ order or direction more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus by directing to the Respondent No. 3 Viz., Tahasildar Rural Mandal, Visakhapatnam to dispose of petitioner's application dt.28-1-2008 at an earlier date in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.M.RAVINDRA BABU Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: It is the case of the petitioner that he was granted D-Form Patta by the Government for an extent of Ac.4.08 cents in S.No.129/1 of Paradesipalem, Rural Mandal of Visakhapatnam 40 years ago and as per the village adangal, his patta number is 529. While so, in a fire accident in the year 2005, he lost the title records of the land, D-form patta etc., and, therefore, he made an application on 29.12.2005 to the 3rd respondent – Mandal Revenue Officer, Visakhapatnam Rural Mandal requesting him to issue duplicate D-form patta and other revenue records such as 10/1 adangal, sagubadi accounts etc., in respect of S.No.129/1 by paying all requisite fees. As there was no response to the said representation, he made another request to the 3rd respondent on 28.1.2008. Though the 3rd respondent acknowledged the said representation, so far no action has been initiated to issue the duplicate certificates of the documents sought for by him. Therefore, he filed the present writ petition seeking directions to the 3rd respondent to dispose of his representation dated 28.1.2008. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and perused the material made available on record. The petitioner has made an application to the 3rd respondent to issue duplicate certified copies of D-Form Patta, Village 10(1) adangal, village cultivated land and the plan of field measurement book No.129. The learned Government Pleader submits that the petitioner has to make a proper application under Rule 31 of the A.P.Rights in land and Pattadar Passbooks Act (for short ‘the Act’) for obtaining the duplicate certified copy of the pass book and so far as the rest of the documents are concerned, the respondents can pass appropriate orders on the representation of the petitioner. In the circumstances, the petitioner is directed to make a proper application under Rule 31 of the Act seeking issuance of duplicate pass book in respect of the subject matter of the land and insofar as the other documents are concerned, the respondents are directed to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 28.1.2008 and furnish the documents sought for by him as per law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. N.V.RAMANA,J Dt.25.4.20008 msv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 Secretary for Revenue, Secretariat, A.P. Government, Hyderabad. 2 District Collector, Visakhapatnam. 3 Tahsildar, Visakhapatnam Rural Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 4. 2CCs to G.P. for Revenue, High Court of A.P. Hyd (OUT) 5 2CD copies