HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.18097 of 2010 Date: March 23, 2011 Between: Cheboru Rama Krishna Rao. … Petitioner And The Tahsildar, Regidi Amadalavalasa Mandal, Regidi Amadalavalasa, Srikakulam District. … Respondent * * * HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.18097 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioner assails the action of the Tahsildar, Regidi Amadalavalasa Mandal, Srikakulam District, in not issuing a notice to him under the A. P. Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 1971 (for brevity ‘the Act of 1971) and the Rules framed thereunder and seeks a consequential direction to do so, hold an enquiry and issue pattadar passbooks and title deeds to him in respect of the lands in Survey Nos.1, 2, 3, 4/2, 4/4, 4/1, 3, 5, 6, 7/2, 1, and 8 in T.D. No.5 of Korallavalasa village, Regidi Amadalavalasa Mandal, Srikakulam District. 2. It is the case of the petitioner that his paternal grandfather was granted a ryotwari patta in respect of the subject lands by the Tahsildar (Inams), Palakonda. While so, as the Revenue Authorities published a notification in the daily newspapers calling for applications/objections for granting pattadar passbooks in respect of the subject lands, he submitted representation dated 19.4.2010 to the Tahsildar, Regidi Amadalavalasa Mandal, informing him of his right and title in respect of the subject lands and seeking issuance of pattadar passbooks in respect thereof. By reply dated 06.5.2010, the Tahsildar informed him that upon production of evidence in support of his title in respect of the subject lands, his request for issuance of pattadar passbooks and title deeds would be considered. Apprehending that the Tahsildar would issue pattadar passbooks in respect of the subject lands to others without giving him prior notice, the petitioner filed the present case. 3. In his counter, the Tahsildar, Regidi Amadalavalasa Mandal, stated that the issuance of pattadar passbooks under the Act of 1971 was in progress in respect of the lands in Korallavalasa village. He further stated that if the petitioner approached his office along with necessary documents, his application for grant of pattadar passbooks in respect of the subject lands would be considered. He denied the petitioner’s averment that pattadar passbooks/title deeds were being granted to third parties in respect of the subject lands. 4. In the light of the afore stated facts, it is clear that the petitioner has not yet submitted an application in the format prescribed in the Act of 1971 and the Rules framed thereunder, duly supported by necessary documents. As the Tahsildar, Regidi Amadalavalasa Mandal, stated that upon presentation of such an application he would consider the same in accordance with law, the writ petition is disposed of permitting the petitioner to submit his application in the proper format duly supported by necessary documents for issuance of pattadar passbooks/title deeds under the Act of 1971. The Tahsildar, Regidi Amadalavalasa Mandal, shall consider and dispose of such application if presented in accordance with the Act of 1971 and the Rules framed thereunder, including the time stipulation for disposal on such an application. Needless to state, as the Tahsildar, Regidi Amadalavalasa Mandal, is aware of the petitioner’s interest in the subject lands, he would necessarily have to put the petitioner on notice under Section 5 (3) of the Act of 1971, in the event he proposes to grant pattadar passbooks/title deeds in respect of the subject lands to third parties. In the circumstances, there shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J Date: March 23, 2011. BSB