IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 3673 of 2005 Between: Smt. S.Narayanamma, D/o.Obula Reddy R/o.Chiyyapadu Village, Chapadu (M) Cuddapah District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Cuddapah, Cuddapah District. 2 the Revenue Divisional Officer, Jammalamadugu Revenue Division Jamalamadugu, Cuddapah District. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer Chapadu Revenue Mandal Chapadu, Cuddapah District. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.G.JAGADEESWAR Counsel for the Respondents : AGP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition is ﬁled for a writ of Mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in issuing duplicate pattadar passbook to the petitioner as illegal and arbitrary. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record. The only grievance of the petitioner raised in this writ petition is that respondent No.3 has not been issuing duplicate pattadar passbook as the ACB oﬃcials seized the original passbook from the possession of the petitioner. In the counter-aﬃdavit ﬁled by respondent No.3, it is, inter alia, stated that if the petitioner lost original pattadar passbook for any reason, she has to approach respondent No.3 with a speciﬁc request enclosing the photocopy of the ﬁrst information report lodged with the Station House Oﬃcer concerned and publication in the local newspaper in addition to payment of Rs.1,000/- by way of challan under Rule 31 of the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Book Rules, 1989 and that if the petitioner complies with the said requirement, the duplicate pattadar passbook would be issued. As the petitioner, admittedly, did not follow the prescribed procedure, the writ petition is disposed of by permitting her to apply to respondent No.3, in accordance with the prescribed procedure. If such an application is received by respondent No.3, he shall consider and take appropriate action for issuance of duplicate pattadar passbook within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of the application from the petitioner. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 29th August, 2008 vrn