IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 11780 of 2008 Between: Bathula Venkata Subba Reddy, S/o. Konda Reddy, R/o. Milatary Colony, Dargamitta, Nellore, Nellore District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Nellore, Nellore District. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Nellore, Nellore District. 3 The Tahsildar(the then Mandal Revenue officer), Nellore, Nellore District. .....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 action of the 2nd respondent in not passing an order on petitioners canons of law and also offends Art.14, 21 and 300-A of Constitution of India and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MS.M.VIDYAVATHI Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: Petitioner claims to be the absolute owner of the land to an extent of Ac.31.35 cents in Sy.No.1881, 1882 & 1883 situated at Nellore Bit-1, Kotturu Village, Nellore District having purchased the same under an agreement of sale dated 5.12.1985 for a valuable consideration and since then he was in possession and enjoyment of the said land. While the matters stood thus, he made an application to the 3rd respondent seeking regularization of his purchase. After complying with the formalities, the 3rd respondent issued a certificate regularizing the purchase. But subsequently he kept the said orders in abeyance vide proceedings dated 2.8.1996. Aggrieved by the said action, it is stated that the petitioner preferred an appeal before the 2nd respondent seeking to set aside the orders dated 2.8.1996. Ultimately the said orders were set aside and the purchase of the lands was regularized. Thereafter when the petitioner started developing the land, certain problems arose and, therefore, he made an application in CC No.1961/NLR/75/ETC seeking a direction that the said lands do not come under the provisions of A.P.Agricultural Land (Ceiling) Act, 1975. The grievance of the petitioner is that the 2nd respondent is not passing any orders on the said application and keeping the matter pending with a mala fide intention to harass him and hence this writ petition seeking appropriate directions to the 2nd respondent. 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. On 10.6.2008, when the matter was taken up for admission, learned Government Pleader took time to get instructions. Today, when the matter is taken up, he reported no instructions but however submits that the 2nd respondent may be directed to dispose of the application of the petitioner, if not already disposed of. In view of the above, without going into the merits of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the 2nd respondent to consider and dispose of the application of the petitioner as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. N.V.RAMANA,J Dt.13.6.2008 msv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The District Collector, Nellore, Nellore District. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Nellore, Nellore District. 3 The Tahsildar(the then Mandal Revenue officer), Nellore, Nellore District. 4 2CCs to Govt.Pleader for Revenue, High Court of A.P. Hyd. (OUT) 5 2CD copies