THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.18713 of 2010 Date : 27-9-2010 Between : Shaik Mabu s/o.S.K.Sammad and another .. Petitioners and The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildings, Saifabad, Hyderabad and others .. Respondents Counsel for petitioners : A.Rajendra Babu Counsel for respondents : Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignments) The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.18713 of 2010 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the inaction of respondent No.3 in getting the land admeasuring Ac.1.82 cents in S.No.697/1 of Ardhaveedu village, Prakasam District, surveyed and demarcated in pursuance of the petitioners’ application dated 4-3-2010 as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignments), on instructions submitted that the petitioners were never granted D-Form Patta as claimed by him and that therefore respondent No.3 has not arranged for survey and demarcation of the land. In my opinion, when a specific representation was made by the petitioner, it is obligatory on the part of respondent No.3 to respond to the same. If respondent No.3 finds legally justifiable reasons not to accept the petitioners’ request, he shall communicate the same in writing to the petitioners. As respondent No.3 failed to reply to the petitioners, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.3 to consider the petitioners’ representation and give appropriate reply to them. If respondent No.3 feels that the land was not assigned to the petitioners, he shall state the said fact and the reasons for not acceding to the request for survey and demarcation. He shall complete this exercise within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP No.23674/2010 is disposed of as infructuous. _________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY Date : 27-9-2010 AM