THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH W.P.NO.7439 OF 2007 O R D E R The case of the petitioners, who are two in number, is that they are landless poor and they occupied 20 cents of land covered in Sy.No.357 of Maredupudi village about fifteen years back and are in possession of the said land by erecting thatched shed and raising cashew, coconut and other fruit bearing trees. The Gram Panchayat in the meeting held on 10.6.1998 also resolved not to object for assignment of the said land in favour of the petitioners and accordingly the Sarpanch also written letter to the respondent – Mandal Revenue Officer on 10.6.1998. Therefore, the petitioners filed application for grant of D-form patta for the said land before the respondent – Mandal Revenue Officer and as there was no response, they got issued a legal notice dated 23.2.2007, but till now no patta was granted. Hence, aggrieved by the inaction of the respondent in issuing D form patta the present writ petition is filed. 2. Though the writ petition is filed in the year 2007 and was admitted on 12.4.2007, no counter affidavit is filed. 3. Having regard to the averments made in the writ affidavit and as no counter affidavit is filed, the writ petition is disposed of with the following direction: “The respondent shall consider the case of the petitioners for grant of D-form patta for the land in question and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.” 4. No order as to costs. AVS -------------------------------- 14—10—2009