IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 20740 of 2008 Between: 1 Mante Seethaiah S/o. Late Pedda Veeranna R/o. Bodigagudem Village, Koyyalagudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 2 Mante Nageswar Rao S/o. Late Pedda Veeranna R/o. Bodigagudem Village, Koyyalagudem Mandal, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Tobacco Board Rep by its Chairman at Guntur, Guntur District. 2 The Auction Superintendent Tobocca Board at Koyyalagudem, West Godavari 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 Writ Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the inaction of the respondents herein in not considering the application dated 25-8-2008 submitted by the petitioners seeking transfer of Tobacco barn bearing registration No. 300005020 in their name as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents herein to considered the application dated 25-8-2008 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:MR.B.CHANDRA SHEKHAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.S.SRINIVAS REDDY The Court made the following : ORDER Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners seeks permission to correct the word ‘registered sale deed’ as ‘registered lease deed’ appearing in paragraph No.4 of the writ affidavit. Permission as sought for is accorded. This writ petition has been ﬁled by the petitioners, who are two in number, assailing the inaction of the respondents in considering their application for transfer of Tobacco Barn Licence standing in the name of their mother. Mante Seethaih has sworn to the writ aﬃdavit. It is stated in the writ aﬃdavit that father of the petitioners had Tobacco Barn Licence and after his death, the licence was transferred in the name of their mother. Their mother executed registered lease deed in favour of third party. The lease deed executed in favour of third party has expired. They submitted an application for transfer of Tobacco Barn Licence in their favour. Their application remained unattended. Hence, they approached this Court invoking the jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. When the writ petition came up for admission, Sri S.Srinivas Reddy, learned standing counsel for Tobacco Board received notice on behalf of R1 and R2. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and the learned standing counsel appearing for R1 and R2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners submitted application on 25.8.2008 to the respondents for transfer of Tobacco Barn Licence standing in the name of their mother and their application remained unattended. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to consider the representation dated 25.8.2008 and pass appropriate orders within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, after putting the affected parties on notice. No costs. __________ 23-09-2008 rkk