IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND SIX P R E S E N T THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH * * * WP.No.3688 OF 2006 Between: Sripathi Koteswara Rao … Petitioner Versus The Joint Collector & Settlement Officer, Ongole, Prakasam district. … Respondent Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri Y.V. Ravi Prasad Counsel for the Respondent: Govt.Pleader for Revenue O R D E R : The case of the petitioner is that he is the son of late Sripathi Masthan and late Sripathi Yellamma, who are the original owner of the land admeasuring Acs: 28-53 cents in survey no.18/P, Acs: 05-15 cents in survey no.69 and Acs: 06-80 cents in survey no.18/P of Bukkapuram village, Darsi Mandal, Prakasam district. It is stated that the parents of the petitioner filed an application for grant of ryotwari patta before the Settlement Officer in the year 1977 and the said petition was disposed of by an order dated 29-5-1980 directing the Mandal Revenue Officer to grant ryotwari patta. As the said order was an ex-parte order without hearing the Mandal Revenue Officer, the Director of Settlement, Hyderabad, suo moto entertained Revisional powers and remanded the matter again to the Settlement Officer for re-consideration, by an order dated 06-3-1997. It is stated that pursuant to the remand order, the matter is pending before the respondent and the respondent has also issued notice on 30-5-1997 and another in October 1997 in SR.No.51789/97 D2 but the said proceedings could not be disposed of till date. Having regard to the facts and circumstances, without going into the merits of this writ petition, I consider it appropriate to direct the respondent to consider and dispose of the matter within ten weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, after giving notice to all the concerned. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage. No costs. FEBRUARY 27th, 2005. ------------------------ I s L. V. ESWARAIAH, J. NB: Furnish CC in two days. B/o. IsL.