IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND TEN PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.5826 of 2002 Between: Veera Pratap Reddy & others. … Petitioners And The Joint Collector, Mahabubnagar District & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri M. Damoder Reddy Counsel for respondents 1&2: AGP for Revenue This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.5826 of 2002 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to set aside order dated 28.04.2001 passed by respondent No.1 confirming order dated 21.05.1999 of respondent No.2. At the hearing, Sri M. Damoder Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners, submitted that as the dispute raised in this writ petition pertains to entries in the revenue record, the petitioners may be permitted to approach the competent civil Court under Section 8(2) of the A.P. Rights in Land and Pattedar Pass Books Act, 1971. I have considered the submission of the learned counsel and find that there can be no objection for accepting his request because under Section 8(2) of the Act, if any person is aggrieved as to any rights of which he is in possession by an entry made in any record of rights, he may institute a suit against any person denying or interested to deny his title to such right for declaration of his right and the entry in the record of rights shall be amended in accordance with any such declaration. Therefore, the petitioners are entitled to approach the competent civil Court for a declaration of their rights and the orders passed by respondent Nos.1 and 2, which are impugned in this writ petition, shall not come in their way in pursuing the said remedy. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as withdrawn without prejudice to the rights of the petitioners to avail the remedy of civil suit. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition as withdrawn, WPMP.No.7296 of 2002 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is also dismissed. _____________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 21.07.2010 ES