THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W.P. No. 22447 of 2008 O r d e r: Petitioner No.1 claims that he is the owner of the land in question in an extent of Ac. 0-18 guntas in Sy. No. 493, Attapur village, Rajendranagar Tahsil, Ranga Reddy District, having succeeded to the same from his father, namely Late Sri Anantha Chara, who in fact, succeeded to the same from his father Late Sri Raghava Chary. He entered into an agreement of sale in respect of the said land with petitioner No.2. As the entries in the revenue records were changed and recorded in the revenue records against the land in question as Sarkar, Deval Sarkar, Sarkari Poramboke, the petitioners ﬁled a petitioner under Section 9 of the A.P. Rights in Land and Pattedar Pass Book Act, 1971 before respondent No.1, namely the Joint Collector, Ranga Reddy District, who has taken the same on ﬁle as Case No. D5/2342/2003. However, respondent No.1 upon hearing the counsel for the petitioners, by the order dated 11.06.2005, impugned in this writ petition, dismissed the petition of the petitioners for change/correction of entries in the revenue records. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the name of the grandfather of petitioner No.1, namely Late Sri Raghava Chary, is found in the sethwar and wasool baqui, relating to the period prior to 1960, and in fact, he being in possession of the property, is paying the land revenue, as evident from the receipts for the years 1996-97 till 1998-99, but respondent No.1 without giving any credence to the said documents, passed the impugned order, dismissing the petition ﬁled by the petitioners for change/correction of entries in the revenue records, which is illegal and arbitrary. Hence, he prayed that the impugned order be set aside and the writ petition be allowed, and consequently respondent No.1 be directed to change/correct the entries in the revenue records as prayed for. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue for the respondents. As can be seen from the prayer of the petitioners, as well as the order impugned in the writ petition, petitioner No.1 has sought change/correction of entries in the revenue records right from the year 1960. Petitioner No.1, admittedly, made such a request after lapse of nearly 45 years. Respondent No.1, before passing the impugned order, in fact, had called for a report from the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer, Rajendranagar, who having conducted a detailed enquiry, reported that though the name of Late Sri Ragha Chary, ﬁnds place in patta column in the Sethwar of 1353 Fasli i.e from 1944 to 1954 i.e., 1353 and the name of Sri Krishnama Chary in the patta column, but there are no entries in the occupant column. He further reported that the land in question is kept fallow and unused. That from the year 1960-61, the lands are recorded as Sarkari, Deval Sarkari, Sarkari Poramboke. Though the lands are recorded as such, in the revenue records, since 1960, the fact remains, no explanation is given by petitioner No.1 for not taking any steps to get the said alleged wrong entries in the revenue records changed/corrected, at an earlier point of time, and on the other hand, it is his admitted case, that none of his predecessors have made any attempt to get the same changed/rectiﬁed. In that view of the matter, no exception can be taken to the order passed by respondent No.1, dismissing the petition ﬁled by petitioners seeking to change/correct the entries in the revenue records, and more so when in the enquiry report called for by him, it was found by the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer, Rajendranagar, that the land in question, is recorded as Sarkari, Deval Sarkari, Sarkari Poramboke. This apart, though the impugned order was passed by respondent No.1, as far back as on 11.06.2005, the petitioners have ﬁled this writ petition, after lapse of nearly three years. The writ petition is devoid of merit, and the same is accordingly dismissed. No costs. _________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Dated: 04th November, 2008. KSR