THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.10947 of 2009 ORAL ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents 1 to 7 in insisting the petitioners to vacate from their respective houses and site properties admeasuring Ac.0-82 cents and Ac.6- 00 respectively covered by old Survey Numbers 81/1 and 81/3, new Survey No.81/3P and Patta No.165 of Marripalem village as arbitrary, illegal, without jurisdiction and violative of Articles 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to interfere in any manner with the their possession and enjoyment of the said properties. According to the petitioners, their mother purchased an extent of Ac.0- 82 cents and Ac.6-00 respectively covered by old Survey Numbers 81/1 and 81/3, new Survey No.81/3P Marripalem village, Visakhapatnam district and being the legal representatives, petitioners got partitioned the said land and enjoying their respective shares. While that being so, the 3rd respondent issued notice under the provisions of Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act,1976 (for short ‘ULC Act’) for regularization of the land stating that the land in question is surplus land under the provisions of ULC Act. According to the petitioners, they are the absolute owners and possessors of the property inherited from their mother and neither they have filed any declaration under the provisions of ULC Act nor parties to any such proceedings before the ULC authorities. Therefore, they made a representation to the authorities on 28.8.2008 explaining the circumstances under which they became owners of the property and that they are not liable to be evicted nor there is any necessity of regularizing the land since they are the absolute owners of the property. According to the petitioners, the said representation dated 28.8.2008 is still pending and no orders are passed thereon. However, the learned counsel appearing for respondents 8 to 11 Mr.Kowturu Vinay Kumar states that the ancestor of respondents 8 to 11 J.Anantha Padmanabha Das filed declaration under the provisions of ULC Act for the entire land and the subject land is also part of the land which was declared as surplus land and therefore, they have also filed application for regularization of land and such application is pending before the authorities. Under those circumstances, without expressing any opinion on merits, the respondent authorities are directed to consider the representation purported to have been made by the petitioners on 28.8.2008 and pass appropriate orders, as per law, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of this order, after hearing all the parties concerned. However, till the disposal of the said representation, the respondents shall maintain status quo as to the possession of the petitioners against the extents indicated in the notices sent to them. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ______________ C.V.RAMULU, J Date: 25.8.2009 DA THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.10947 of 2009 25.8.2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.10947 of 2009 Date: 25th August, 2009 Between: Peela Lakshmi and others. .. Petitioners And State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary to Revenue and Urban Land Ceiling Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad & others. .. Respondents