IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 13945 of 2008 Between: A.Srinivasan, S/o. Late shanmugam, R/o. D.No.19-93, Thanappa chetty street, Chittoor, Chittoor District, A.P., ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Municipal Commissioner, Chittoor Municipality, chittoor. 2 The Regional Joint Director of municpalities Daga Mitta , Nellore .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the inaction of te Respondents in not passing any orders on the Petition datd 10.05.2008 as illegal, arbitrary and against the principles of Natural justice and consequently direct the Respondents to consider the Petition dated 10.05.2008 forthwith and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.S.P.SURESH KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.S.I.NEWTON The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.13945 of 2008 ORDER: 1 This Writ Petition is filed with the following prayer: “For the reasons stated in the accompanying affidavit, the Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the inaction of the Respondents in not passing any orders on the Petition dated 10.05.2008 as illegal, arbitrary and against the principles of Natural justice and consequently direct the Respondents to consider the Petition dated 10.05.2008 forthwith and pass such other order or orders as the Hon’ble Court may deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.” 2 Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the respondents and further as the prayer itself is for a declaration that the inaction on the part of the respondents in passing any orders on the application submitted by the petitioner dated 10.05.2008 as illegal, this Court is of the view that this Writ Petition can be disposed of at the stage of admission with a direction to the second respondent to consider the application dated 10.05.2008 said to have been submitted by the petitioner and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law. However, it is needless to observe that before holding an enquiry into the said application dated 10.05.2008, the second respondent shall issue notices to all the respondents, hear them and pass the orders. The said exercise shall be done within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 3 The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. --------------------------- SRI T.G.K, J. 27.11.2008 Kvsn