IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 22145 of 2008 Between: Revelli Thirupathi S/o.Ellaiah R/o.Muthyampet villge Mallapur Mandal Karimnagar district ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Karimnagar District Karimnagar 2 The REvenue Divisional Officer, (RDO), Jagtial Division Jagtial, Karimnagar District 3 The Tahsildar, Metpally Mandal,Metpally, Karimnagar District 4 The sub-Registrar, Metpally,Karimnagar district .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or direction declaring the action of therspondents No.1 to 3 in not issuing any certiﬁcate or proceedings to the respondent No.4 even though the plot of land admeasuring 285 square yards in SY.No.719 of Metpally shivar,Karimngar District belong to the petitioner is not either an assigned land nor the government land considering the representations submitted by the petitioner dated 27.2.2008,21.7.2008 and the report submitted by the respondent No.3 to the respondent No.2 dated 2.4.2008 enabling the petitioner to sell the same in favour of the prospective purchasers as arbitrary, illegal, null and void and violative of principles of natural justice and also violative of the Articles, 14,19,21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India consequently direct the respondent No.1 to 3 issue approprice proceedings considering the representations of the petitioner dated 27.2.2008 ,21.7.2008 and the report submitted by the respondent No.3 to the respondent No.2 dated 2.4.2008 enabling the petitioner to sell the same in favour or the prospective purchaser and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.VENUMADHAV Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 22145 of 2008 ORDER: 1 Questioning the inaction on the part of the respondents 1 to 3 in issuing a certiﬁcate or proceedings to the fourth respondent declaring that the land admeasuring 285 Sq. Yards in S.No.719 of Metpally Shivar, Karimnagar District is neither an assigned land nor a government land, this Writ Petition is filed. 2 The case of the petitioner is that he purchased the land admeasuring 285 Sq. Yards in Sy.No.719 of Metpally shivar, Karimnagar District by way of a registered sale deed dated 16.06.1999 and his name was also mutated in the revenue records. It is further stated that as he was in need of money he oﬀered to sell the said plot to a prospective buyer. But the fourth respondent refused to register the sale deed saying that he received instructions from the third respondent that the land in S.No.719 is an assigned land and asked the petitioner to get a certiﬁcate or proceeding from the revenue authorities declaring that the land in question is not an assigned land. It is further stated that the petitioner made a representation dated 27.02.2008 to the third respondent and another representation dated 21.07.2008 to the second respondent seeking a declaration that the land in question is neither an assigned land nor government land and for issuance of no objection certificate. It is further stated that pursuant thereto the second respondent called for a report from the third respondent in this regard, and in turn the third respondent submitted a report dated 02.04.2008 to the second respondent stating that the land in S.No.719 of Metpally Shivar, Karimnagar District is neither an assigned land nor government land, but no action is taken on the said report so far. Hence this Writ Petition. 3 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. 4 Since the petitioner claims that he purchased the land in question by way of a registered sale deed, and his ownership over the said land is also not disputed, and since the third respondent, after conducting due enquiry, has also submitted a report dated 02.04.2008 stating that the land in question is neither an assigned land nor a government land, the ﬁrst respondent is directed to pass appropriate orders on the representations said to have been made by the petitioner taking into consideration the report submitted by the third respondent as expeditiously as possible. 5 The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ------------------------ N.V.RAMANA, J 14.10.2008 kvsn