IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.14569 of 2008 Between: Syed Khaza Mohiuddin S/o. Syed Meera R/o. Adilabad, Kondapur Mandal, Medak District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Medak at Sanga Reddy. 2 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Kondapur, Medak District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ or order more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in not releasing the petitioner balance amount vide File No.B/3/12578/65 as illegal, unjust and consequently direct the 2nd respondent to release the amount due to the petitioner vide File No.B/3/12578/65. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.VINOD KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.14569 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled questioning the action of the 2nd respondent – Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer, Kondapur, Medak District, in not releasing the balance amount payable to the petitioner in File No.B/3/12578/65. It is the case of the petitioner that he is the Inamdar of the land to an extent of 0-10-8 pai in Sy.Nos.3, 4, 78, 79, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 100, 101, 102 and 103, situated at Aliyabad Village, Sadhasivapet, and that due to arrears in payment of land revenue, the said lands were auctioned by Tahsildar, Sangareddy, and the auction amount has been deposited by the purchaser in the Tahsildar’s oﬃce at Sangareddy, in ﬁle No.B/ 3/12578/65. It is the grievance of the petitioner that, after deducting the land revenue amount from the amount so deposited by the purchaser pursuant to the auction, the 2nd respondent has to return the remaining amount to him, but the same was not done, in spite of his representations to the 2nd respondent. Hence this writ petition. A counter-aﬃdavit is ﬁled on behalf of the 2 nd respondent, wherein, at paragraph 3, it is stated that the balance amount deposited in State Bank of Hyderabad, Sangareddy, has not been returned back to the petitioner due to non-traceability of the ﬁle, which is of 43 years old, and thereafter eﬀorts were made to trace out the same and the Tahsildar, Sangareddy, could trace out the same on 22.07.2008 only and, hence, action is being initiated now for returning the balance amount to the petitioner. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, learned Government Pleader for Revenue also submitted that the respondents are ready to return the amount to the petitioner and sought for some time. In view of the above counter averments as also the request made by the learned Government Pleader, I deem it appropriate to direct the 2nd respondent- Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer, Kondapur, Medak District, to return the balance amount payable to the petitioner within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. N.V. RAMANA,J 09.09.2008 MSV/IBL