IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.Y.SOMAYAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 17944 of 2003 Between: Dr. K. Sreemannarayana s/o K. Venkayya, R/o 91/2, Vivekananda Nagar, Kukatapally, Ranga Reddy District ..... PETITIONER AND The Special Officer and Competent Authority (Urban Land Ceiling) Hyderabad .....RESPONDENT 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 order, direction or a Writ more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring Memo no. F1/2486/NDC/2002 dt 19-4-2003 of the respondent as illegal, arbitrary null and void, violative of Principles of natural justice and opposed to Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondent to consider the application submitted by the petitioner on 31-8-2002 and 4.4.2003 for grant of No Objection Certificate afresh. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.A.V.SESHA SAI Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR ASSIGNMENT The Court made the following: W. P.No.17944 of 2003, CYS, J ORDER: This writ petition is filed questioning the memo dt.19.04.2003 issued to the petitioner refusing to consider his application for ‘no objection certificate’ on the ground that the declaration of his vendor filed under Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 is not yet finalized. 2. It is now contended that the declaration filed by the vendor of the petitioner is finalized and G.O.Ms.No.251 dt.03.03.05 is issued by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. 3. In view thereof, without going into various contentions raised, I dispose of the Writ Petition, with a direction to the respondents to dispose of the application of the petitioner for issuance of no objection certificate, in the light of the orders of the Government in G.O.Ms.No.251 dt.03.03.05, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of the copy of this order. No costs. ______________________ (C.Y.SOMAYAJULU, J) 25.03.2005 BSS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR WP No.17944 of 2003 CYS, J // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Special Officer and Competent Authority (Urban Land Ceiling) Hyderabad 2. 2 CCs to the G.P. for Revenue, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 3.2 CD copies