IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.26899 of 2008 Between: 1 Guru Narayana @ Guru Pershad S/o.Sheetal Pershad R/o.H.No.23-6-17/12,Shah Ali Banda,Hyderabad 2 Smt.Savita Awasthi W/o.Guru Pershad R/o.H.No.23-6-17/12,Shah Ali Banda,Hyderabad 3 Brijesh Dutt Awasthi S/o.Guru Pershad R/o.H.No.23-6-17/12,Shah Ali Banda,Hyderabad 4 Rajneesh Dutta Awasthi S/o.Guru Pershad R/o.H.No.23-6-17/12,Shah Ali Banda,Hyderabad rep.by their GPA Holders,Murarilal @ Sanjay Kumar S/o.Gopi Kishna ,aged about 44 years,Occ:Busines R/o.J.B.Ceramics,Sultan Bazar,Hyderabad and 5 Mukesh Dutta Awasthi S/o.Guru Pershad R/o.H.No.23-6-17/12,Shah Ali Banda,Hyderabad rep.by their GPA Holders,Mantri G.N.Goud,S/o.Lingaiah Goud, aged about 55 years, Occ:Business, R/o.Viqarabad,R.R.district ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Collector,Ranga Reddy District, C/o.Collectorate complex at Lakidkaapool, Hyderabad 2 Revenue Divisional Officer,Attapur,R.R.District (West) 3 Spl.Dy.Collector cum M.R.O., Serilingampally Mandal R.R.District .....RESPONDENTS 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 a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ direction or directions to the third respondent to dispose of the application dated 2.5.2007 of the petitioners herein in accordance with law at an earliest date and pass such other orders as the Hon’ble Court deems just and necessary in the interests of justice and equity. Else, the Writ Petitions will suffer irreparable loss and injury. Counsel for the Petitioners:SRI N.SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.26899 of 2008 ORDER: The five petitioners are staetdly owners of land admeasuring Acs.39.21 comprised in survey Nos.315, 316 and 320 of Chandanagar Village of Serilingampally Mandal in Ranga Reddy District. They allege that they inherited the property from late Suraj Pershad. They approached the third respondent on 02.05.2007 for necessary alteration/change in the record of rights and to mutate their names, in vain. Therefore, they filed the instant writ petition. As correctly pointed out by the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Telangana Area) the petitioners did not file an application in Form VI-A as required under Rule 18 of the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Rules, 1989. But, third respondent kept the application of the petitioners pending without passing any orders for more than a year. Therefore, this Court observes that third respondent may look into the application, if such application is pending, take a decision and duly communicate the same to the petitioners within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. No costs. _____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 11.12.2008 vs To 1 Collector,Ranga Reddy District, C/o.Collectorate complex at Lakidkaapool, Hyderabad 2 Revenue Divisional Officer,Attapur,R.R.District (West) 3 Spl.Dy.Collector cum M.R.O., Serilingampally Mandal R.R.District 4 2CCs to G.P for Revenue, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 5 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRK}