IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 18660 of 2008 Between: Mohd. Jony Pasha S/o.Yousuf Khan R/o. Miryalaguda Town, Nalgonda District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of A.P., rep. by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Nalgonda, Nalgonda District. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Miryalaguda Mandal, Nalgonda 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 to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents for reassignment of the land to an extent of 0.30 1/4 in Sy.No. 626 of Miryalaguda Village of Nalgonda District to the petitioners under the amended Section 4(2) (b) (i) of A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 by declaring the action of the respondents in taking steps to allot the said land in favour of third parties without considering the claim of the petitioner as arbitrary, illegal violation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.L.PRABHAKAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following Order: This writ petition is ﬁled questioning the inaction of the respondents in not considering the representation of the petitioner for re-assignment of the agricultural land as per the amended provisions of the A.P.Assigned lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (for short ‘the Act’). It is the case of the petitioner that his father late Yousuf Khan purchased an extent of Ac.0.30¼ guntas of land in Sy.No.626 of Miryalaguda village under simple sale deed dated 10-07-1976 and subsequently, obtained regular sale deed dated 22-07-1980. As the third respondent had initiated resumption proceedings on the ground of violation of assignment conditions, he ﬁled O.S.No.176 of 2002, which was dismissed by the learned Principal Senior Civil Judge, Miryalaguda, on 02-07-2008 holding that the resumption proceedings are valid in view of the violation of the assignment conditions. Thereafter, the petitioner made a representation dated 18-07-2008 to the second respondent under Section 4(b) of the Act seeking reassignment and restoration of possession of land admeasuring Ac.0.30¼ guntas in Sy.No.626 of Miryalaguda Village, Nalgonda District. The grievance of the petitioner is that the second respondent, without considering his representation, is taking steps to allot the land in favour of the third parties. Hence the writ petition. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and at their request, the main writ petition itself is being disposed of at the admission stage. Learned Government Pleader submits that instead of this Court going into the merits of the matter, the second respondent could be directed to dispose of the representation for which the learned counsel for the petitioner also agreed. In the circumstances, without going into the merits of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the second respondent-District Collector to consider and dispose of the representation of the petitioner dated 18-07-2008 as expeditiously as possible. Till then, the second respondent shall not alienate the land in question in favour of third parties. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. No order as to costs. _______________ N.V.RAMANA,J Dt:28-08-2008 Usd To 1 The Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Nalgonda, Nalgonda District. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Miryalaguda Mandal, Nalgonda District. 4 Two CCs to GP for Revenue, High Court Buildigns, Hyderabad (OUT). 5 Two CD copies