IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI WRIT PETITION NO : 17848 of 1995 Between: Smt. G.Saraswathamma W/o. Late Ramachandra Reddy R/o. Ashoknagar Tirupathi Chittoor District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of A.P., rep. by its Secretary Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildings Hyderabad 2 The Joint Collector-cum-Settlement Officer, Chittoor. 3 The M.R.O (Urban) Tirupathi, Chittoor Dist. .....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 a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the Order of the Joint Collector-cum-Settlement Officer, Chittoor in his Ref.No.E2/8912/84 dated 16.11.1994 as illegal and without jurisdiction and set-aside the same and direct the 2nd respondent to grant Ryotwari patta in respect of Ac.1-76 cents of land comprised in Survey No.110/2 of Akkarampalli village U/s. 11 (Pro) of the A.P. (Andhra Area) Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari patta) Act, 1948, in favour of the petitioner. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.KRISHNA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: The case of the petitioner, in brief, is that her mother Nagamma purchased the land to an extent of Ac.1.75 cents from one Mr. Krishna Reddy and one Yasodamma under two different sale deeds dated 5.8.1983 and 16.12.1981, which was estate land, and on 10.1.1981 her mother Nagamma applied for Ryotwari Patta before the Joint Collector-cum-Settlement Officer, Nellor (2nd respondent herein) and subsequently she died. But the 2nd respondent dismissed the claim of the said Nagamma, under the impugned proceedings and the respondents are trying to assign the said lands to third parties. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that an alternative remedy is available to the petitioner to agitate her grievance and hence the writ petition may be disposed of by giving liberty to the petitioner. Recording the above submission, the writ petition is disposed of, giving liberty to the petitioner to avail the alternative remedy available to her. No costs. Kvsn 09-12-2004 To 1 Secretary to Government of A.P., Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildings Hyderabad 2 The Joint Collector-cum-Settlement Officer, Chittoor. 3 The M.R.O (Urban) Tirupathi, Chittoor Dist. 4 Two CCs to G.P. for Revenue, High Court buildings, Hyderabad. 5 Two CD copies.