THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.20264 OF 2002 30.09.2010 Between: Dikkala Venkataramana Murthy and others. …Petitioners AND The Mandal Revenue Officer, Srikakulam, and others. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.20264 OF 2002 ORDER: The three petitioners are residents of Korlam village of Gara Mandal in Srikakulam District. They filed the instant writ petition seeking a direction to respondents to consider their representation and make necessary changes in revenue records showing their land as zeroithy land. Respondents 4 to 6 are impleaded as proper parties because they are requesting for assignment of the same land. This Court on 23.08.2010 directed the notice returnable within sex weeks and permitted the petitioners’ counsel to take out personal notice. The counsel for petitioner submits that the notices were sent by registered post with acknowledgement due but the postal acknowledgement has not been received. He, therefore, does not press the writ petition insofar as respondents 4 to 6 are concerned. The case of the petitioners is that they are joint owners of the land admeasuring Acs.3.79 cents (out of Acs.7.58 cents) in old survey Nos.17/P and 18/P (new survey Nos.25/2B and 25/2D) of Korlam village, Gara Mandal, Srikakulam District. They are using the land for the purpose of aqua culture. The petitioner’s allegedly purchased the land under the sale deed dated 30.09.1931 from Malla Vallabhayya and Malla Venkatappadu. They also purchased the total extent of Acs.32.59 cents in the same survey numbers. It appears the land to an extent of Acs.3.79 cents forming part of larger extent, which was shown as poramboke lands in revenue records. Therefore, they approached first respondent for making necessary changes by producing evidence, in vain. In the meanwhile, respondents 4 to 6 made a claim for assignment, and therefore, they filed instant writ petition. Though the writ petition is filed ten years ago, counter affidavit is not filed. No purpose would be served by keeping the matter pending to enable the respondents for filing counter. Therefore, applying the principles of non-traverse, the writ petition is disposed of directing the Mandal Revenue Officer, Gara, to conduct enquiry into the matter and send a report to the competent officer in the Department of Revenue for effecting necessary changes in revenue records showing the land of the petitioners from Poramboke to zeroity land. This exercise shall be completed within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order, if necessary, by issuing notice to interested persons. The writ petition shall stand disposed of accordingly. No costs. __________________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 30.09.2010 Pln