THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 19072 OF 2011 Date: 08.07.2011 Between: Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao and another ..... PETITIONERS AND The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and another .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following:- THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 19072 OF 2011 O R D E R : This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondents in not receiving the application from the petitioners for issuance of building permission and insisting the petitioners for getting ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the Joint Collector, Hyderabad for construction of a building at house bearing Municipal No.8-2-684/C, Plot No.11, in survey No.129/39, admeasuring 175 square yards or 146.3 square meters, situated at Road No.12, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, is arbitrary and illegal. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as Dr.Y.Padmavathi, the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the 1st respondent Corporation. The question raised in this Writ Petition is no longer res integra. This Court in Hyderabad Potteries Private Limited V. Collector, Hyderabad District and another[1] and District Collector V. N.Krishna Mohan[2], having considered an identical question, held that the authority cannot refuse to receive the building permission application on the ground of not furnishing ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the Revenue Authorities. In the light of the ratio laid down in the above decisions, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the 1st respondent – Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad to consider the application made by the petitioners seeking permission to construct a building in accordance with the provisions of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955, and the Rules made thereunder, without insisting on production of ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the Joint Collector, Hyderabad. Accordingly the Writ Petition is disposed of. No costs. ​ ____________ G. ROHINI, J Date: 08.07.2011 Ivd [1] 2001(3) ALT 200 [2] 2000(3) ALT 225