IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 18930 of 2008 Between: 1 Gogineni Sri Ramulu, S/o. Venkatasubbaiah, R/o. Goginenivaripalem, Talamella Village, Podili Mandal, Prakasam District. 2 Gogineni Venkaiah, S/o. Venkatasubbaiah, R/o. Goginenivaripalem, Talamella Village, Podili Mandal, Prakasam District. 3 Gogineni Ramanadham, S/o. Venkatasubbaiah, R/o. Goginenivaripalem, Talamella Village, Podili Mandal, Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The District Collector, prakasam District. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kandukur, Prakasam District. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Podili Mandal, Prakasam 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 issue a Writ order or direction especially one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not considering the request of the petitioners for grant of Pattadar Pass Books in respect of land admeasuring Ac. 17.36 cents, in Sy.No. 126 situated at Talamalla Village, Podili Mandal, Prakasam District as illegal, arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to issue Pattadar Pass Books in favour of the Petitioners and grant such other relief or reliefs. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.CH.RAVINDER Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following Order: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not considering the request of the petitioners for grant of pattadar pass books in respect of land in Sy.No.126 admeasuring Ac.17.36 cents situated at Talamalla Village, Podili Mandal, Prakasam District, as illegal and arbitrary. It is the case of the petitioners that the land in Sy.No.126 admeasuring Ac.17.36 situated at Talamalla Village, Podili Mandal, Prakasam District, is their ancestral property and subsequently, they inherited to the said property by virtue of succession. Therefore, they made several representations i.e. dated 12-04-1997, 12-03-2004 and 03-03-2008 to the respondents to issue pattadar pass books in their favour. The grievance of the petitioners is that their request was not considered and their names were not mutated in the revenue records and pattadar pass books were not issued in respect of the subject matter of the land. Hence the writ petition. Learned Government Pleader for Revenue submits that the petitioners have to ﬁle applications under Form VI(A) of the A.P.Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971 (for short ‘the Act’) to the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer for grant of pattadar pass books and then, the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer will consider and pass orders on the said application. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and at their request, the writ petition is being disposed of at the admission stage. Learned Government Pleader for Revenue submitted that instead of going into the merits of the case, the authorities could be directed to consider the application of the petitioners for grant of pattadar pass books for which the learned counsel for the petitioners agreed. In the circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the petitioners to ﬁle an application to the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer under Form VI(A) of the Act for grant of pattadar pass books, and on such application being ﬁled, the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer is directed to consider and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law. No order as to costs. _______________ N.V.RAMANA,J Dt: 01-09-2008 usd To 1 The District Collector, prakasam District. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kandukur, Prakasam District. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Podili Mandal, Prakasam District. 4 Two CCs to GP for Revenue, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 5 Two Cd copies