IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.12750 of 2008 Between: 1 Gadi Raju Satya Srinivasa Raju, S/o. Late Rama Krishnam Raju, R/o. D.No. 27-3-180/1, Srinagar Official Colony, Chinna Gantyada Post, Visakhapatnam -26. 2 Booragadd Srinivas, S/o. B. Venakteswara Rao, R/o. D.No. 58-9-13, New Karasa Basti, Visakhapatnam. ...PETITIONERS AND Tahsildar/Mandal Revenue Officer, Bheemunipatnam, Visakhapatnam. ...RESPONDENT 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 issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the Respondent to consider and pass orders on the application dated 14-12-2007 submitted by the Petitioners for mutation of their names in Revenue Records and for issue of Pattadar Pass Book and Title Deeds is arbitrary, illegal and contrary to the provisions of A.P. Rights in land and Pattadar Pass Book Act and A.P. Rights in land and Pattadar Pass Book Rules 1989 and offending Article 14 and 300-A of the Constitution of India. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.M.SUBRAHMANYAM Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.12750 of 2008 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed seeking a Writ of Mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondent in considering and passing orders on the petitioners’ application dated 14.12.2007 for mutation of their names in Revenue Records and for issue of Pattadar Pass Books and Title deeds as arbitrary, illegal and contrary to the provisions of the A.P. Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Book Act, 1989 and A.P. Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Book Rules, 1989 (‘the Rules’ for brevity). The grievance of the petitioners is that they made an application on 14.12.2007 for mutation of their names in Revenue Records and for issue of Pattadar Pass Book and Title Deeds under Form-1 A Rule 5 (1) (b) of the Rules. The respondent has not considered the said application and hence, the petitioners filed the present Writ Petition. After hearing, both the learned counsel appearing for the writ petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue agreed to dispose of the Writ Petition with a direction to dispose of the petitioners’ application dated 14.12.2007. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent to dispose of the application dated 14.12.2007 in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, within a period of three {3} months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. ______________ (N.V.RAMANA, J) 19th June 2008 RRB