IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 16956 of 2004 Between: 1 Syed Zahooruddin, S/o Syed Ismail, R/o Kaveli Village, Kohir Mandal, Medak District 2 Syed Ghousuddin, S/o Syed Ismail, R/o Kaveli Village, Kohir Mandal, Medak District 3 Syed Mahmood, S/o Syed Ismail, R/o Kaveli Village, Kohir Mandal, Medak District (rep.by their G.P.A.Holder Sri Syed Hussain, S/o Syed Ghousuddin, aged about 26 years ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Collector, Medak at Sangareddy 2 The Joint Collector, Medak at Sangareddy 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Medak at Sangareddy 4 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Kohir, Medak District .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or direction and more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the 4th respondent to furnish all the required documents to enable the Petitioners to agitate before the proper authority for the restoration of their land under Section 3(5) of the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1958, otherwise the Petitioners will be put to loss and losing the patta land in Survey No.23/2 to the extent of 4 acres 33 guntas situated at Kaveli Village, Kohir Mandal, Medak District and pass any other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.KALYAN RAO JOSHI Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court, at the stage of admission, made the following : ORDER None appears on behalf of the petitioner. The only relief claimed in this writ petition is to direct the respondents to furnish certified copies as per the representation dated 12.01.2004 made by the petitioners, for enabling them to approach the appropriate authority for registration of the lands in their possession. Learned Government Pleader for Revenue has expressed no objection to issue the certified copies of the documents as sought for by the petitioners. Whenever a citizen applies for copy of a document, which is in the nature of public document, the authorities are under obligation to furnish the same on usual terms. Since, the documents sought for by the petitioners are public documents and as the respondents have no objection for furnishing copies of the same, the respondents are directed to issue certified copies of the documents, sought for by the petitioners on usual terms. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ A. GOPAL REDDY. J. 30th September, 2004 tsr. To 1 The Collector, Medak at Sangareddy 2 The Joint Collector, Medak at Sangareddy 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Medak at Sangareddy 4 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Kohir, Medak District 5 Two CCs to Government Pleader for Revenue, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. (OUT). 6 Two CD copies.