THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.33765 of 2010 Date:08.03.2011 Between: Smt.Golluri Laxmi ..... Petitioner AND The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Andhra Pradesh, Aranya Bhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad and others .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Ms.Jayasree For Sri C.Damodar Reddy Counsel for Respondents: AGP for Forests The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in granting permission to the petitioner for felling and transporting teak trees existing in her patta land admeasuring Acs.3.07 guntas in Survey No.426 of Nelapogula Village, Lingala Ghanpur Mandal, Warangal District, as illegal and arbitrary. I have heard Ms.Jayasree, learned counsel, representing Sri C.Damodar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, and perused the record. As could be seen from the relief, as noted above, the only grievance of the petitioner is that her application for grant of permission for felling and transporting the teak trees standing in her land is not being disposed of. A counter affidavit has been filed by respondent No.2, wherein it i s inter alia averred that though the petitioner has submitted her application, dated 25.02.2009, to respondent No.2, for grant of permission for felling and transporting the teak trees, as the same was not submitted in requisite format, respondent No.2 vide his letter, dated 09.04.2009, has advised the petitioner to re-submit the application in the requisite format for taking further action. It is further stated that the petitioner is required to submit her application in Annexure-I, along with certificate of title on patta as certified by the Mandal Officer concerned in Annexure-II and a check slip vide Annexure-III. It is further stated as under: “It is respectfully submitted that and it is prayed to the Hon’ble High Court, A.P. Hyderabad to please to direct the applicant to re-submit the proposals, if intending to fell and transport the tree growth existing on the Patta land said to be (23) Teak trees situated at Nelapogula Village, Lingala Ghanpur Mandal, Warangal District shall make an application to this effect directly to respondent No.2 i.e., Divisional Forest Officer, Warangal North (Territorial) in the proformae prescribed in the Annexure-I along with all the relevant information as enclosures and copy of certificate map i.e., [APPLICATION FORM GRANT OF TRANSIT PERMITS FOR TRANSPORT OF TREE GROWTH FROM PATTA LAND], instead of submitting the proposals under A.P.Waters, Land and Trees Act, 2002, as such the request of the applicant is permissible under Patta lands. Thus, soon after receipt of the same, respondent No.2, will take further action in the light of the consolidated guidelines issued in Circular No.1-A/2003…” In view of the above noted stand taken in the counter affidavit, the learned counsel for the petitioner fairly submitted that her client may be permitted to file a fresh application in proper format, as suggested by respondent No.2, with the direction to him to dispose of the same in a time bound manner. Having regard to the above noted facts, the writ petition is disposed of by permitting the petitioner to make a fresh application in proper format. Respondent No.2 is directed to dispose of the same, within two weeks of receipt of such application from the petitioner. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.42776 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 08th March, 2011 VGB