IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 2240 of 2008 Between: B. Venkata Ramana Reddy S/o.Malakonda Reddy R/o. I.T. Varam Post, Pullacheruvu Mandal, Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Prakasam District at Prakasam Bhavan, Ongole. 2 The Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records, Ongole, Prakasam District. 3 The Tahsildar, Pamuru Mandal, Prakasam District 4 The Mandal Surveyor, Pamuru Mandal, Prakasam 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 will be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in not taking steps to instruct the 4th Respondent to measure the land with correct measurements and to handover the possession after fixing stones in the land situated in Sy.No. 597 of Kondareddipalli Village, Pamuru Mandal, Prakasam District, despite the 1st respondent instructed to do so vide his letter L.Dis.No. 3711/2007 dt. 12-11-2007 as illegal, arbitrary without any authority and consequently direct the respondents herein to measure the land and to fix the correct boundaries in respect of our land and to grant such other relief or reliefs Counsel for the Petitioner: K.ARUNA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: In this writ petition, the petitioner is questioning the inaction of the 2nd respondent - Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records, Ongole in taking steps to instruct the 4th respondent – The Mandal Surveyor, Pamuru Mandal, Prakasam District to measure the land and to handover possession after fixing stones in the land situated in S.No.597 of Kondareddipalli village, Pamuru Mandal, Prakasam District, despite the instructions of the 1st respondent in letter dated 12.11.2007 and seeks appropriate directions to the respondents to conduct survey and fix the boundaries of the subject matter of land. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and at their request the matter is taken up for final disposal at the admission stage itself. It is the case of the petitioner that his father purchased the land admeasuring Ac.5.95 cents situated in Sy.No.597/3 of Kondareddipalli Village, Pamuru Mandal, Prakasam District on 10.6.1977, which is adjacent to their ancestral property admeasuring Ac.16.84 cents on the southern and western side and since then they are in possession and enjoyment of the said land. While so, the legal heirs of his vendor are making attempts to change the boundaries and revenue records in collusion with the 3rd respondent – Tahsildar, Pamuru Mandal and accordingly without any notice and intimation on 30.9.2007, the legal heirs got the land surveyed and fixed the boundaries. Aggrieved by the same, it is stated that the petitioner submitted a representation to the 1st respondent – District Collector, who directed the 2nd respondent on 12.11.2007 to instruct the 4th respondent to measure the land and to handover possession after fixing the boundary stones as per the documents. The grievance of the petitioner is that so far, the survey is not conducted in spite of specific directions of the 1st respondent. On instructions, the learned Government Pleader submits that as per the request of the petitioner, the Deputy Inspector of Survey, Kandukuru went to Mopadu Village for enquiry on 8.2.2008 but the petitioner was not available at the time of enquiry and, therefore, for the purpose of further enquiry, both the parties were directed to appear before the Revenue Divisional Officer’s office, Kandukur on 11.2.2008 on which date the Deputy Inspector of Survey has given suggestions to both the parties to settle the land dispute and the petitioner sought time and as soon as the petitioner gives his acceptance, the Deputy Inspector of Survey, Kandukur will settle the land dispute and submit a detailed report to the higher officials. The said fact was denied by the learned counsel for the petitioner. Be that as it may, since it is agreed by both the learned counsel that appropriate directions may be given to the Mandal Surveyor to conduct survey of the land as per the request made by the petitioner, without going into merits of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the 4th respondent to conduct the survey as per the request of the petitioner as expeditiously as possible, preferably, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and furnish a copy of the report to the petitioner. N.V.RAMANA,J DT.16.7.2008 msv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The District Collector, Prakasam District at Prakasam Bhavan, Ongole. 2 The Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records, Ongole, Prakasam District. 3 The Tahsildar, Pamuru Mandal, Prakasam District 4 The Mandal Surveyor, Pamuru Mandal, Prakasam District. 5 2CCs to the Government Pleader for Revenue, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (OUT). 6 2CD copies