IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 23725 of 2003 Between: 1 Sri V.Krishna Reddy, S/o. Chenna Kista Reddy, R/o. Parvathayapally Village, Tandur Mandal, Nagarkurnool Taluk, Mahaboobnagar District, A.P. 2 Smt. V.Rameshwaramma, W/o.Sri V.Krishna Reddy, R/o. Parvathayapally Village, Tandur Mandal, Nagarkurnool Taluk, Mahaboobnagar District, A.P. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1. The State of A.P., Represented by its Principal Secretary, Agriculture Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Mahaboobnagar, Mahaboobnagar District, A.P. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Tandoor Mandal, Tandur, Mahaboobnagar District, A.P. .....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 or order or direction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, particularly one in the nature of Writ of MANDAMUS, directing the respondents to take action on the representation of the petitioners herein in respect of providing compensation for the loss sustained by the petitioners due to fire accident as natural calamity which happened on 12-4-2003 in the land bearing Survey No.119 and 120 of Parvathayapally Village of Tandoor Mandal, Tandoor, Mahaboobnagar District after calling for the records. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.PRATTIPATI VENKATESWARLU Counsel for the Respondents 1 to 3: GP FOR AGRICULTURE The Court made the following order: Heard both sides and at the request of both the counsel, the main Writ Petition itself is taken up for final disposal. The petitioners herein filed this writ petition inter-alia seeking for a Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents to take action on the representation of the petitioners in respect of providing compensation for the loss sustained by them due to fire accident as natural calamity, which occurred on 12.04.2003 in the land bearing Survey Nos.119 and 120 of Parvathayapally village of Tandoor Mandal, Tandoor, Mahaboobnagar district. The case of the petitioners is that in the fire accident that occurred on 12.03.2003, they sustained substantial loss. It is their further case that subsequently, they have filed a representation, dated 01.05.2003 to the first respondent, copy of which is referred to the respondent No.2 herein. Having regard to the same, it is not necessary to go into the merits of the case and it would suffice in the interest of justice to direct the respondent No.2 to consider the representation made by the petitioners and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, after giving an opportunity to the petitioners, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ____________ 20th July, 2004 Note: CC by one week (Bo) sj/js Copy to 1. The State of A.P., Represented by its Principal Secretary, Agriculture Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Mahaboobnagar, Mahaboobnagar District, A.P. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Tandoor Mandal, Tandur, Mahaboobnagar District, A.P. 4. Two C.Cs. to the Government Pleader for Agriculture, High Court Building, Hyderabad. (OUT) 5. Two C.D.copies.