HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO. 6485 OF 2005 Thursday, the Seventeenth day of February, Two Thousand and Eleven Between Kasara Venkata Reddi Petitioner AND The Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records, Elugu, West Godavari Collector and another Respondents ORDER: It is case of the petitioner that himself and one Kasara Narsireddy jointly filed application dated 5.6.2003 to sub-divide survey No. 476/2 to an extent of Ac.0.80 cents from total extent of Ac.5.92 cents. According to the orders of the Assistant Settlement Officer, Elugu, vide proceedings SB.11(a)41/67, W.G., dated 30.8.1967, the land was classified as Poramboke and a request was made show the changes in the Field Measurement Book situated in Jangareddygudem village, according to the records available with them. The representation was forwarded to the Deputy Inspector of Survey, Jangareddygudem, working in the office of the Revenue Divisional Officer, Jangareddygudem by the first respondent vide office Memo No. Rc.A3/746/2003 dated 7.8.2003 to attend the survey. The Deputy Inspector of Survey, Jangareddygudem in his repot dated 30.6.2008 stated that according to Survey and Settlement record, the R.S. No. 476/1 in question, is a patta land to an extent of Ac.5.12 cents. It is further stated that on verification of the record, since it was found that it was recorded as Government land and therefore the request of the petitioner to sub-divide Ac.0.80 cents from RS No. 476/1 of Ac.5.12 cents and R.S. No. 476/2 of Ac.5.29 cents and record their names over an extent of Ac.0.80 cents as patta lands from the Government land, is not within his powers and the patta has to be obtained from Settlement Officer and accordingly, the petitioner was informed through letter dated 15.7.2004 to approach the Settlement Court to obtained poramboke patta, inasmuch as there was settlement error existing. The counter further shows that the Assistant Director, District Survey and Land Records, West Godavari is not the competent authority to sub-divide the land but the powers are vested with the Mandal Revenue Officer concerned who is presently designated as Tahsildar and, therefore, the Tahsildar, Jangareddigudem was addressed a letter vide Rc.A1/940/2008 dated 15.11.2008 to attend the request of the petitioner and the Tahsildar has not yet sent his report. Having regard to the facts and circumstances, the Tahsildar, Jagareddygudem, who is impleaded as third respondent, is directed to forward his report pursuant to the letter addressed by the first respondent in Rc.No.A1/940/2008 dated 15.11.2008, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order so as to enable the first respondent to dispose of the representation of the petitioner in accordance with law. With this direction, the writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ___________________ Justice V.Eswaraiah February 17, 2011 MAS