HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI Writ Petition No.19964 of 2011 Date: 18-7-2011 Between K.Umamaheswar Rao and 2 others … Petitioners and The Deputy Director Fisheries, Fisheries Department, Eluru, West Godavari district and 4 others … Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI Writ Petition No.19964 of 2011 Order: Heard Sri Srinivas Emani, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Fisheries appearing for the 1st respondent. 2. The only grievance of the petitioners presented in this writ petition is that their application dated 11-6-2008 seeking permission to set up a fish tank has not been considered by the respondents. 3. The petitioners claim to be the absolute owners of an extent of Ac.9-84 cents of land situated in Survey Nos.837/1, 830/1, 804/1B, 804/2C, 804/3D, 804/3E, 830/3, 830/2, 837/2 and 838/1 of Koteswara Durgapuram village and Mandal, West Godavari district. It is stated that they made an application on 11-6-2008 to the 1st respondent-Deputy Director of Fisheries, Eluru seeking permission for digging a fish tank on the said land. As no reply was forthcoming, they sent reminders on 18-8-2009 and 14-4- 2010. 4. Since there is no response to the said applications so far, the petitioners have filed this writ petition. 5. There does not appear to be any dispute that the petitioners have submitted an application dated 11-6-2008 to the 1st respondent seeking permission to convert their land into fish tank and more than two years have elapsed since then. There is no discernible reason as to why the respondents have kept the application pending for such a long time. 6. In the circumstances, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the respondents 1 and 3 to consider the application dated 11-6-2008 said to have been filed by the petitioners in accordance with law and the Government Orders governing the field and pass appropriate orders as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of 8 (eight) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 7. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of at the stage of admission. No costs. ___________________ NOUSHAD ALI, J. 18th July, 2011. Ak HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI Writ Petition No.19964 of 2011 18th July, 2011. (Ak)