THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH W.P. No. 22558 of 2007 Date:25-10-2007 Between: Shaik Mahboob Basha and 38 others …Petitioners AND The District Collector, Prakasham and two others .. Respondents ORDER: The petitioners seek a writ of mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not delivering the physical possession of the plots to them in terms of the patta certificates D.K.No.210/1415/F.Rc.B/356/2006 issued to them on 21.02.2006, despite submitting the representations, dated 22.03.2007 and 30.08.2007, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to deliver the physical possession of the plots to them situated in Sy.No./T.S.No.12 admeasuring 0.02 cents to each of the petitioners at Ongole town, Prakasham District. It is the case of the petitioners that they are the landless poor and pursuant to their representations for allotment of house sites, each of the petitioners have been allotted 0.02 cents of land in Sy.No./T.S.nO.12 vide proceedings D.K.No.210/1415/F.Rc.B/356/06, dated 21.02.2006. It is stated that though the plot numbers have been indicated in the assignment pattas, the physical possession of the said plots have not been delivered to them. Therefore, the petitioners made representations before the Mandal Revenue Officer on 22.03.2007 and 30.08.2007 stating that they have been allotted house site patta certificates D.K.No.210/1415/F.Rc.B/356/2006 on 21.02.2006, but no sites have been allotted to them so as to enable them to construct the houses. Without expressing any opinion about the merits of the case and having regard to the facts of the case, the third respondent is directed to consider and dispose of the representations dated 22.03.2007 and 30.08.2007 submitted by the petitioners in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible without any unnecessary delay. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ V.ESWARAIAH, J. Date:25.10.2007 Note: Issue C.C. by Monday. B/O ccm