IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 745 of 1996 Between: Kancharlapalli Venkateswara Rao, S/o. Venkaiah, R/o. Old Samithi Office Building, Machavaram, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Collector, Krishna District, Machilipatnam. 2 The Revenue Divisional officer, Bandar Division, Machilipatnam. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Bantumilli, Krishna District. 4 The Executive Engineer, Krishna Eastern Division, Department of Irrigation (P.W.D), Vijayawada. 5 The Assistant Engineer, Krishna Eastern Division, Department of Irrigation(P.W.D.), Koutharam (PO), Krishna (DT) 6 Section Officer (No-1), Department of Irrigation (P.W.D), Malleswaram (po), Krishna Dt. 7 Station House Officer(Ssub-Inspector), Bantumilli Police Station, Krishna Dt. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ or order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring that the inaction of the respondents in granting 'D' Form patta to the petitioner in respect of the land i.e. Ac.0-15 cents in R.S.No.64/2 and Ac.1-05 cents in R.S.No.83 of Korlapadu Village and Ac.1-23 cents in R.S.No.89 of Malleswaram Village, Krishna District as illegal, unjust, improper and violative of Articles 14, 19(1)(g), 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to grant 'D' Form patta to the petitioner in respect of the land i.e: Ac.0-15 cents in R.S.No.64/2 and Ac.1-05 cents in R.S.No.83 of Korlapadu Village and Ac.1-23 cents in R.S.No.89 of Malleswaram Village, Krishna District. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. P.PHALGUNA RAO (Not present) Counsel for Respondents: GOVERNMENT PLEADER FOR IRRIGATION AND COMMAND AREA DEVELOPMENT. The Court made the following: ORDER: This matter was listed for hearing on 23-02-2005. As there was no representation on behalf of the petitioner, it is listed today “for dismissal.” Even today, when the matter is called, there is no representation on behalf of the petitioner. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed for non-prosecution. ____________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J 24th February, 2005. Ak ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Collector, Krishna District, The Government of A.P., Machilipatnam. 2 The Revenue Divisional officer, Bandar Division, Machilipatnam. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Bantumilli Mandal, Krishna District. 4 The Executive Engineer, Krishna Eastern Division, Department of Irrigation (P.W.D), Vijayawada. 5 The Assistant Engineer, Krishna Eastern Division, Department of Irrigation(P.W.D.), Koutharam (PO), Krishna (DT) 6 The Section Officer (No-1), Department of Irrigation (P.W.D), Malleswaram (po), Krishna Dt. 7 The Station House Officer(Ssub-Inspector), Bantumilli Police Station, Krishna Dt. 8 Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Irrigation and Command Area Development, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (O.U.T). 9 Two CD copies.