IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 15251 of 2008 Between: S. Mastanvali S/o Late S./ Mynuddin r/o D. No. 18-411, Ghousulwara Street, Old Town Anantapur. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Anantapur Municipal Corporation, rep by its Commissioner, Anantapur. 2 the District Collector, Anantapur, Anantapur District. 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Anantapur,Anantapur District. 4 the Mandal Revenue Officer, Anantapur, Anantapur District. .....RESPONDENTS 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 an appropriate writ, order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of mandamus, declaring the action of respondents in not releasing the land admeasuring Ac.0.07 cents out of the total extent of Ac. 1-00 situated in S.No. 2147/1 of Anantapur town, in spite of repeated representations and requests as illegal, arbitrary, improper, unjust and consequently direct the respondents to forthwith release the above said land in favour of the petitioner and to grant such other relief or reliefs as this Hon'ble Court deems ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:SMT.HARIJA AKKINENI Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.S.I.NEWTON The Court made the following : ORDER This writ petition has been ﬁled by S.Mastanvali assailing the action of the respondents in not releasing the land admeasuring Ac.0.07 cents out of total extent of Ac.1.00 situated in Sy.No.2147/1 of Anantapur Town, in spite of repeated representations. The petitioner claims that his mother was the absolute owner of the land admeasuring Ac.0-07 cents out of Ac.1-00 situated in Sy.No.2147/1 of Anantapur Town. His mother submitted a representation to Anantapur Municipal Corporation for release of the land. Thereupon, the oﬃcials of the Anantapur Municipal Corporation addressed a letter to the mother of the petitioner directing to deposit an amount of Rs.30,000/- for release of the land admeasuring Ac.0-07 cents in LP No.280 of 1985. His mother paid Rs.30,000/-, as demanded by the Anantapur Municipal Corporation towards value of Ac.0-07 cents, as ﬁxed by the District Collector,Anantapur-2 nd respondent. His mother made representations to the 2nd respondent on 12.7.1993 and 17.9.1993. Pending consideration of her representations, she died on 4.5.2001. Subsequent to her death, his elder brother viz., S.Allauddin made several representations to the respondents for release the land. Pending consideration of his representations, he too died. Thereafter, the petitioner issued a legal notice dated 10.03.2008 to the respondents requesting them for release of the land. There being no response to the legal notice, he approached this Court invoking the jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. When the writ petition came up for admission, learned standing counsel for Anantapur Municipal Corporation received notice on behalf of the 1st respondent and learned Government Pleader for Revenue received notice on behalf of 2nd to 4th respondents. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned standing counsel appearing for the 1st respondent and learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for 2nd to 4th respondents. Indisputably, representations have been made to the 1st respondent-Corporation for release of the land admeasuring Ac.0-07 cents in LP No.280 of 1985. The respondent authorities directed the mother of the petitioner to pay an amount of Rs.30,000/-. The petitioner asserts that his mother paid Rs.30,000/-, as demanded by the then Municipality. Such is the situation, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the 1st respondent to consider the legal notice dated 10.03.2008 as a representation and pass appropriate orders within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, after putting affected parties on notice. Writ petition is disposed of, accordingly. No costs. __________ 21-08-2008 rkk