IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND SIX P R E S E N T THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH * * * WP.No.3431 OF 2006 Between: Ch.Venkateswarlu & Ors. … Petitioners Versus The District Collector, Ranga Reddy district & Ors. … Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri P.Rajasekhar Counsel for the Respondents: Govt.Pleader for Revenue O R D E R : Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for the respondents. It is the case of the petitioners that they have purchased various plots in survey nos. 283/54 and 283/57 of Abdullapurmet village of Hayathnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy district from the original vendors. It is stated that the vendors were granted lavoni patta in respect of the said land in question prior to 1958 and they have divided the lands into plots and got layout approval and sold to various persons including the petitioners herein. It is stated that the revenue authorities are threatening that they will demolish the structures raised by the petitioners on the ground that the acquisition of the land is in violation of sub-section 1 and 2 of Section 3 of the AP Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977. The petitioners made an application before the first respondent to regularize their possession by collecting market value fixed by the competent authority as per GO.Ms.No.1601, Revenue (ASN.I) Department, dated 29-8-2005. It is further stated that the Government issued orders in the said G.O., reconstituting a separate committee of all the cases of regularization in respect of the Hyderabad/Ranga Reddy districts. Therefore, the petitioners have filed application on 15-12-2005 and 19-12-2005 before the first respondent, which have been received but the same have not been considered till date. Having regard to the facts and circumstances, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the writ petition, I consider it appropriate to direct the first respondent to process and dispose of the said applications submitted by the petitioners and pass appropriate orders on merits and in accordance with law, keeping in view of G.O.Ms.No.1601, Revenue (ASN.I) Department dated 29-8-2005, within eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage. No costs. MARCH 2nd, 2006. ------------------------ I s L. V. ESWARAIAH , J.