THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.5692 of 2011 Date:08.03.2011 Between: Peddigari Ramachandraiah ..... Petitioner AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Secretary, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others .....Respondent Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri T.Srinivasulu Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 & 2: GP for Panchayat Raj Counsel for Respondent No.3 : Sri P.Raghavender Reddy The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondent in disposing of the petitioner’s application for grant of permission for construction of mulgies and house as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, Sri T.Srinivasulu, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that his client has submitted his application seeking permission as far back as 31.05.2007 and that though the respondents are under legal obligation to dispose of the said application within fifteen days of its receipt under Section 127 of the A.P.Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, so far the same has not been disposed of. The learned counsel, representing the learned Standing Counsel for the respondent, stated that since the application was stated to have been filed as far back as May, 2007, it is not known whether the same was disposed of or not. In the light of the above facts, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondents to dispose of the petitioner’s application for building permission, if received and not already disposed of, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the decision to the petitioner. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.7095 of 2011 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 08th March, 2011 VGB