THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.12520 of 2011 Dated 27th April, 2011 Between: M.A.Shakeel and another …Petitioners And The Commissioner, GHMC, Tank bund Road, Hyderabad and others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri G.Arun Kumar Counsel for respondent Nos.1 to 3: Sri P.Radha Krishna Reddy The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.3 in refusing to receive the petitioners’ application, dated 31.03.2011, for construction of a building in premises bearing H.Nos.11-2- 702 to 707 and 11-2-638, admeasuring 177 sq.yards, of Habeeb Nagar, Nampally, Hyderabad, on the ground that the same is not accompanied by a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from respondent No.4, as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that this Court in District Collector v. N.Krishna Mohan[1] and Hyderabad Potteries Private Limited v. District Collector, Hyderabad[2] held that respondent No.1 and its functionaries cannot refuse to receive and consider the application for building permission only on the ground that the applicant has not produced the NOC from the revenue department. Sri P.Radha Krishna Reddy, learned Standing Counsel representing respondent Nos.1 to 3, has not disputed this position. Having regard to the law laid down by this Court in the above judgments, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent Nos.1 to 3 to receive the petitioners’ application for building permission and consider the same without insisting on the NOC from respondent No.4 or his subordinate officials As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.15252 of 2011 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 27th April, 2011 VGB [1] 2000 (4) ALD 126 [2] 2001 (3) ALD 600