IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FORUTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 4110 of 2008 Between: Ch.Gopal, S/o.late Ch.Raja Rao, R/o.H.No.11-1-903, Chinta Bhavi, Chilakalaguda, Secunderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Appellate Authority, The Revenue Divisional Officer, Marredpally, Hyderabad. 2 The Information Officer, Office of the Tahsildar, Marredpally Mandal, Hyderabad. ...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, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the inaction on the part of the 2nd respondent in not furnishing details/proceedings with regard to the private lane belonging to the petitioner which is being claimed by the Govt., as Govt., vested Municipal lane, situate in T.S.No.59, Block-E, Ward No.122, Malkajgiri Village pursuant to the petitioner legal notice dated 20-05-2007 and representation dated 14- 08-2007 and the further action of the 1st respondent in not disposing of the appeal dated 07-12-2007 filed by the petitioner questioning the inaction of the 2nd respondent in furnishing the above said details/proceedings as arbitrary, illegal, unjust, violative of the fundamental rights guaranteed to me under the Constitution of India, violative of the provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005 and consequently direct the respondents to forthwith furnish the details/proceedings with regard to the private lane belonging to the petitioner which is being claimed by the Govt as Govt., vested Municipal lane, situate in T.S.No.59, Block-E, Ward No.122, Malkajgiri Village and pass such other order or orders as are deemed fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.SRINIVAS REDDY Counsel for the Respondents.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: Questioning the action of the 2nd respondent in not furnishing the details/proceedings sought for by the petitioner with regard to the private land belonging to him, the present writ petition is filed. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and at their request the matter is taken up for final disposal at the admission stage itself. It is the case of the petitioner that though he made a representation to the 2nd respondent to furnish details of the proceedings in respect of lane in T.S.No.59, Block-E, Ward No.122 of Malkajgiri Village, the same were not supplied to him and, therefore, he filed an appeal under Section 19 of the Right to Information Act before the 1st respondent. His grievance is that even after completion of the statutory period as contemplated under the Act for disposal of the appeal, the 1st respondent has not disposed of the appeal. The learned Government Pleader for Revenue submits that since the appeal filed by the petitioner is still pending, the 1st respondent may be directed to dispose of the same. In the circumstances, without going into the merits of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the 1st respondent to dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. N.V.RAMANA,J DATED 4.03.2008 Note: Furnish CC in one week (B/o) msv