IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 8016 of 2009 Between: 1 Ponnavarasu Lakshmi W/o. Bhaskar Rao R/o. Ekalavyanagar, Near RTC Bus Depot, Ongole, Prakasam District. 2 Mota Nagamma W/o. Nagaiah R/o. Ekalavyanagar, Near RTC Bus Depot, Ongole, Prakasam District. 3 Kavadi Anjamma W/o. Subramanyam R/o. Ekalavyanagar, Near RTC Bus Depot, Ongole, Prakasam District. 4 Mota Venkateswarlu S/o. Nagaiah R/o. Ekalavyanagar, Near RTC Bus Depot, Ongole, Prakasam District. 5 Mota Ramulamma W/o. Venkataswamy R/o. Ekalavyanagar, Near RTC Bus Depot, Ongole, Prakasam District. 6 Mota Ankamma D/o. Nagaiah R/o. Ekalavyanagar, Near RTC Bus Depot, Ongole, Prakasam District. 7 Ponnavarasu Subbamma W/o. Ramaiah R/o. Ekalavyanagar, Near RTC Bus Depot, Ongole, Prakasam District. 8 Galeti Mohana Rao S/o. Lakshmaiah R/o. Ekalavyanagar, Near RTC Bus Depot, Ongole, Prakasam District. 9 Kumbha Anjamma W/o. Sundaraiah R/o. Vantavari Colony, Near RTC Bus Depot, Ongole, Prakasam District. 10 Thokala Rama Devi W/o. Late Venkateswara Rao R/o. Vantavari Colony, Near RTC Bus Depot, Ongole, Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 District Collector, Prakasam District, Ongole. 2 The Tahsildar, Santhanuthalapadu (M), Prakasam District. 3 The Executive Engineer, Nagarjunasagar Project, Chimakurthi, Prakasam District. 4 Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Department of Social Welfare, Secretariat, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue an order direction or writ, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring that the action of the first respondent in not allotting house sites for the petitioners in land acquired for the Nagarjunasagar Project and later relinquished by the said Project, lying in Sy.Nos.151-1A, 150-2A, 150 and 149 of Samathanagar, Pernamitta, Santhanuthalapadu Mandal, Prakasam District, inspite of the request pending for more than four months, is arbitrary and unlawful dereliction of duty, and further direct the said respondent to forthwith allot house-sites as requested, and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.BALAGOPAL Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.8016 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioners state that they have submitted a representation to the District Collector, Prakasam District, for allotment of house sites over the land in Sy.Nos.149, 150 and 151 of Pernamitta Village, Santhanuthalapadu Mandal. It is stated that the land is under the control of the Nargajuna Sagar project but has been abandoned on account of its not being put to use for several years. The grievance of the petitioners is that though the concerned authorities have expressed their willingness to part with their land in favour of the petitioners, nothing is forthcoming. They made a representation dated 15.12.2008 to the first respondent-District Collector. The petitioners complain that no action has been taken on the said representation. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Irrigation. Even according to the petitioners, the lands referred to above were acquired for the purpose of Nagarjuna Sagar project. It is not known as to whether the project officials relinquished the said land. If they accord permission for allotment of house sites to the deserving poor, including the petitioners, there should not be any objection by the revenue authorities. This matter, however, needs verification by the first respondent after consulting with the authorities of various departments. The fact that the petitioners hailed from Scheduled Tribe community shall be taken into account in the matter of fixation of priority. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of directing the first respondent to take necessary action on the representation dated 15.12.2008 submitted by the petitioners within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. L.NARASIMHA REDDY ,J Dt:30.04.2008 usd