THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.24449 of 2011 Dated 18th October, 2011 Between: Sri Katragadda Venkata Ranga Rao …Petitioner And The Commissioner, Machilipatnam Municipality, Machilipatnam Krishna District …Respondent Counsel for the petitioner: Sri B.Kamalakar Rao For Sri V.Lakshman Rao Counsel for respondent: Sri S.Nageswara Reddy The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the action of the respondent in not mutating the name of the petitioner’s vendor i.e., Same Uma Lakshmi Kantam, and thereafter mutate the name of the petitioner in respect of the property admeasuring 539 sq.yards and the building comprised therein in Ward No.6, Khojjillipet, Machilipatnam as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner pleaded that his vendor filed O.S.No.252 of 2004 on the file of the learned Senior Civil Judge, Machilipatnam for specific performance of an agreement of sale and obtained decree and that she applied for mutation of her name in the municipal records. That subsequently the decree was transferred in his favour on 19.04.2011 and thereafter, he filed an application on 27.04.2011 for mutation of his name. The grievance of the petitioner is that the applications of his vendor and himself are kept pending by the respondent. Even though time was taken twice, no counter affidavit has been filed by the respondent and as such, the facts pleaded by the petitioner remain uncontroverted. If the applications of the petitioner and his vendor have been pending, the respondent needs to dispose of the same in accordance with law and in terms of the judgment and decree in the suit referred to above. The respondent shall therefore examine the said applications and pass an appropriate order after putting on notice the person in whose favour the property stands in the municipal records. He shall complete this exercise within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.30026 of 2011 is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 18th October, 2011 VGB