IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 13917 of 2008 Between: G.Amar Shekar Reddy S/o.Sunder Reddy R/o.H.No.20-06-13,Bapuji Nagar Palvancha,Khammam District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Khammam District, Khammam 2 The Divisional Forest Officer, Paloncha Khammam District .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.JAGADISHWAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR FORESTS The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.1 in not disposing of the petitioner’s representations dated 09-04-2008 and 16-05-2008 as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional. Heard Sri K.Jagadishwar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Forests for the respondents and perused the record. The petitioner claims that he is the owner and possessor of Acs.15.00 in Survey No.125/156 of Pandurangapuram, Palvancha Mandal, Khammam District. He averred that he made application dated 09-04-2008 to the respondents to accord permission for felling trees situated on the said land for the purpose of construction of his residential building and that the Forest officials verified the said representation and gave necessary certificates. The petitioner averred that respondent No.2 by his proceedings dated 22-04-2008 informed the petitioner that respondent No.1 is competent to grant permission for felling trees standing in the patta lands and that he, therefore, made a representation on 16-05-2008 to respondent No.1. The grievance of the petitioner is that till today, no orders have been passed by respondent No.1. Since respondent No.2 had taken the view that respondent No.1 is competent to grant permission, the petitioner made his representation on 16-05-2008 to respondent No.1. It is, therefore, obligatory on the part of respondent No.1 to dispose of his representation for granting permission to fell trees on the patta lands of the petitioner. Respondent No.1 is, therefore, directed to dispose of the representation of the petitioner said to have been filed on 16-05-2008, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.17954 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Dated 1st July, 2008 vrn