IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 23204 of 2002 Between: Kammari Narasimha Chary ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The District Collector, Mahabubnagar and two others .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.V.RAVI KIRAN RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “to issue a writ, order or a direction, more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in occupying the petitioner’s inam land in Sy.No. 1961 and 1962 (old No. 617) situated at Nandigam village, Kothur Mandal, Mahabubnagar District, and not granting patta in Survey Nos.1959 to an extent of Ac.1-30 guntas, situated at Nandigam village, Kothur Mandal, Mahabubnagar District, which is in occupation of the petitioner in exchange of the land occupied by the Government in Sy.Nos. 1961 and 1962, as being arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional and issue a consequential direction, directing the respondents to grant patta to an extent of Ac.1-30 guntas in Sy.No. 1959 and pass such further or other orders as deem fit and proper.” At the hearing Sri V. Ravi Kiran Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner along with other occupants of the land applied for regularization of their possession in terms of G.O.Ms.No. 166, Revenue (ASSN.POT) Department, dated 16-02-2008. In view of this submission of the learned counsel, I am of the view that the cause in this writ petition need not be adjudicated on merits. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to pursue the application for regularization said to have been made by him. C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 03-03-2009 ks