IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 28634 of 2008 Between: M.V.Lakshmi D/o.Mamidi Suryanarayana R/o.Vepagunta Village, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by District Collector, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Chinagadili Post & Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. .....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 issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondents herein in not passing any orders on the representations of the petitioner dated 6.2.2008 and 17.10.2008 for permission to sell 200 Sq. yards of House-site in Sy.Nos. 148/P, 161/P, 174/P and 175/P, situated in Madhurawada Village, Visakhapatnam District, assigned to petitioner's grand-father late Mamidi Papaiah the Freedom Fighter, as being illegal, unjust, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR. E.V.BHAGIRATHA RAO Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 28634 of 2008 ORDER : This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the inaction on the part of the respondents in considering the representations of the petitioner dated 6.2.2008 and 17.10.2008 for permission to sell 200 sq. yards of house site in Sy.Nos.148/P, 161/P, 174/P and 175/P situated in Madhurawada Village, Visakhapatnam as arbitrary and illegal. The petitioner claims that the said land was assigned to her grandfather who was a freedom fighter. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents. Since the representations made by the petitioner are pending before the respondents, without expressing any opinion as to the entitlement of the petitioner to sell the lands in question, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondents to consider the representations of the petitioner dated 6.2.2008 and 17.10.2008 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of this order. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI, J. Dt. 30.12.2008 gbs