THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.21321 of 2011 Dated 01st August, 2011 Between: Smt.Dhanalakshmi Mahendra and others …Petitioners And Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, rep.by its Commissioner, Hyderabad and another …Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri Peri Prabhakar Counsel for respondents: Sri R.Radha Krishna Reddy The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not receiving the applications for building permission submitted by the petitioners in respect of their plots in Survey Nos.61, 62, 63/1, 64/1 and 67 of Malkajgiri Village, Ranga Reddy District on the ground that they failed to furnish No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Joint Collector as a pre-condition for considering their applications. At the hearing, Sri P.Prabhakar, learned counsel for the petitioners, submitted and the same is not disputed by Sri R.Radha Krishna Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation appearing for the respondents, that this Court in Hyderabad Potteries Private Limited v. Collector, Hyderabad[1] held that the respondents cannot insist on production of NOC as a pre-condition for receiving, processing and considering the applications for grant of building permissions and that they can only prima facie examine the title of the persons, who apply for building permission. The same view was reiterated in K.Pavan Raj v. Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad[2]. In view of this settled legal position, this writ petition is disposed of in terms of the above-noted judgments with the direction to the respondents to receive and consider the petitioners’ applications without insisting on production of NOC from the Joint Collector. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.25953 of 2011 is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 01st August, 2011 VGB [1] 2001(3) ALD 600 [2] 2008(1) ALD 792