IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.33188 of 2011 BETWEEN B. Nageswar Reddy and another. ... PETITIONERS AND Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue (UC.I) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and two others. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners: MR. T.V.S. PRABHAKAR RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following order: ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. 2. Petitioners’ application for grant of layout was not being considered by the respondents requiring the petitioners to produce Urban Land Ceiling Clearance Certificate. The writ petition is filed questioning the said action and a Mandamus is also sought against respondents 1 and 2 for inaction in issuing the said clearance for considering petitioners’ application under Layout Regularization Scheme of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). 3. Since the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976 has long been repealed in the State from 28.03.2008, there is hardly any necessity for the petitioners to produce such clearance certificate. The respondents shall, therefore, consider petitioners’ application under the L.R.S. scheme of GHMC without insisting upon clearance under the Act. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has also brought to my notice a similar view taken by this Court in WP.No.8805 of 2009 dated 28.04.2009 In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of, as above. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J December 16, 2011 Note: Furnish C.C. of the order in one week. (B/o) DSK