IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 12560 of 2007 Between: G.S. Prabhakar S/o. Venkateswara Rao R/o. HyderabadFlat No. 405, Tejaswamy Residency, Kukatpally, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Cooperative Central Bank Ltd., Rep. by its Assistant Registrar/Sales Officer, Eluru. 2 The Rangapuram P.A.C.S.Limited, Rep. by its Secretary, Rangapuram, W.G. District. 3 G. Venkateswara Rao S/o.Veeraiah Lingapalem Mandal, West Godavari District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring as illegal, arbitrary and violative of provisions of Article 300A of the Constitution of India the action of the respondents 1 and 2 in putting for auction the land of an extent of Ac 9.63 cents in S.No. 25/9A and 26/6A of Rangapuram Village, West Godavari District belonging to the petitioner and issue a consequential direction to the respondents 1 and 2 not to auction the land belonging to the petitioner. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.AKA.VENKATARAMANA Counsel for the Respondents : SMT.BOBBA VIJAYALAKSHMI THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU W.P. No. 12560 of 2007 O R D E R: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus declaring the action of respondents 1 and 2 in putting for auction the land belonging to the petitioner, to an extent of Ac.9-63 cents, in S.No.25/9A and 26/6A of Rangapuram village, West Godavari District as arbitrary, illegal and violative of the provisions of Article 300A of the Constitution of India. It appears, the 2nd respondent-Society obtained a Certificate under Section 71 of the A.P. Cooperative Societies Act for recovery of an amount of Rs.31,794/- from the petitioner and, pursuant to the same, an auction notice was issued for auctioning the land of the petitioner to an extent of Ac.9-63 cents in S.No.25/9A and 26/6A of Rangapuram village, West Godavari District, for realizing the said amount and interest thereon. Aggrieved by the same, the present writ petition is filed. While issuing notice before admission, this Court passed a conditional order on 15.6.2007, staying the public auction on condition the petitioner deposits Rs.20,000/-. It is brought to the notice of the Court that the petitioner has complied with the said order and deposited Rs.20,000/- with the 3rd respondent-Bank. There is no necessity of going into all the details. Learned counsel for 2nd respondent-Society, on instructions, submitted that now a scheme called One-Time Settlement is available till 30th June, 2009 and the petitioner is at liberty to avail the same. In fact, learned counsel for the petitioner also submitted that the petitioner is willing to avail the said facility. Under those circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of directing the petitioner to avail the said One-Time Settlement Scheme by filing an appropriate application, as required under the Scheme, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this Order. It is made clear that during the pendency of the consideration of application to be filed by the petitioner under the OTS Scheme, status quo as on today shall be maintained. No order as to costs. C.V. RAMULU, J. Date: 26-02-2009. Note: C.C. in one week. (BO) MVB.