THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. ANANDA REDDY W.P.No. 7813 of 2005 Dated: August 11, 2005 Between: Chelluri Nooka Ratnam, W/o. Demudu, 25 years, R/o. Vadanarasapuram, Rambil Mandal, Visakhapatnam And 6 others. …Petitioners and The District Collector / Executive Director, A.P. State Housing Corporation, Visakhapatnam And 3 others. …Respondents * * * O R D E R: This Writ Petition is filed by the petitioners, who are seven in number, aggrieved by the inaction of the respondents in not releasing the amounts, which were sanctioned to them under the Fishermen Housing Beneficiaries Scheme. 2. According to the petitioners, they were selected as beneficiaries under the Fishermen Housing Scheme under which they are entitled for a sum of Rs.40,000/- each towards the loan as well as the subsidy for the purpose of construction of housing units. It is stated that the petitioners have constructed houses up to basement level. But, however, as the respondents did not release the funds required for proceeding with further construction, the petitioners are unable to continue and complete the construction. It is also stated that though representations have been made on 07.03.2005 by the petitioners seeking release of the funds by the 1st respondent-District Collector, who is the Executive Director of the Corporation, no action has been taken. Therefore, the petitioners were constrained to approach this Court for appropriate directions. 3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Standing Counsel for the Corporation and considered the material on record. 4. In view of the facts stated by the petitioners that they were selected and included in the list of beneficiaries under the Housing Scheme under which they are entitled for the release of an amount of Rs.40,000/- each per each unit of house, the District Collector is directed to consider the representations of the petitioners, and pass appropriate orders in accordance with the said scheme, if the petitioners’ names were already included as the beneficiaries, expeditiously, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No cost. 5. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. ___________________ S.Ananda Reddy, J. 11…08…2005 Kvh THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. ANANDA REDDY W.P. No. 7813 of 2005 O R D E R 11..08..2005