IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 15928 of 2008 Between: Pillalamarri Venugopal Rao S/o. Late Anjaneyulu Secunderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND The Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Guntur, Guntur, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENT 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 an appropriate writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in not registering the name of the petitioner in the assessment book under Rule 3 of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (Register of the Transfer of Ownership of Property in the assessment book) Rules 1965 R/w Section 14 of the A.P. Municipalities Act 1994 as bad arbitrary and contrary to the Acts and Rules and also offends Articles 14 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MS.M.VIDYAVATHI Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.BADETI.VENKATA RATHNAM The Court made the following : THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 15928 OF 2008 ORDER: 1. The petitioner assails the action of the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Guntur-respondent in not acting on the application filed by him for mutation of his name in the assessment book in respect of vacant land admeasuring Ac.0-53 cents situated in Survey No. 17/A of Koritipadu, Guntur, presently falling within the jurisdiction of Vidyanagar, Guntur. 2. The petitioner claims to have purchased vacant land admeasuring Ac. 0-53 cents in Survey No. 17/A, situated at Koritipadu, Guntur in the year 1965 under registered document NO. 5392/1965. He filed declaration under the provisions of Urban Land Ceiling Act and proceeding came to be concluded vide ULC No. 1418 of 1976 dated 30-01-2008. The petitioner approached the respondent by representation, dated 22-8-2007 to incorporate his name in the Municipal record deleting the name of P. Suryanarayana who is unconnected with the property. His representation remained unattended. Hence, this writ petition. 3. When the writ petition came up for admission, the learned standing counsel appearing for the respondent took notice. 4. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned standing counsel appearing for the respondent. 5. The relief sought in the writ petition is a direction to the respondent to consider the representation made by the petitioner for effecting his name in the municipal records as owner of the vacant land admeasuring Ac. 0-53 cents. His representation is said to be pending. 6. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent to consider the representation of the petitioner in accordance with the provision of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Register of Approval of Ownership in Assessment Book, 1965 r/w Section 14 of the Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 after putting on notice to the affected parties. No order as to costs. _____________________________ Justice B.Seshasayana Reddy 24th July, 2008. Note: C.C. in three days, B/o: KM THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 15928 OF 2008. 24th July, 2008.