IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 15692 of 2004 Between: 1 V. Tulasamma, W/o. Late Ramanna, G.R. Puram Post, G.R. Puram Village, Mandasa Mandal, Srikakulam District. 2 Smt. K. Prameela, W/o. K. Ravikumar, Penubarthi Village, Ponduru Mandal, Srikakulam District. 3 Smt. V. Babrirani, W/o.Venkat Rao, G.R. Puram Village, Mandasa Mandal, Srikakulam District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector, Srikakulam, Srikakulam District. 2 The Senior Regional Manager (Retail), Hindustan Petroleum Company Limited (HPCL), Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENTS 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 pass an order or orders, writ or writs, more preferably a writ one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the first respondent District Collector to issue No. Objection Certificate for establishing a retail out let of Hindustan Petroleum Company Limited, in Petitioners land in Sy.No.557-4 to 7 of Fareedpeta Village, Echerla Mandal, Srikakulam District. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.P.SRINIVAS REDDY Counsel for Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court at the admission stage made the following : ORDER: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue and Sri N. Ramamohan Rao, learned Standing Counsel for Hindustan Petroleum. The grievance of the petitioners is that though the second petitioner was allotted dealership for establishing a petroleum bunk by the second respondent-company, and wrote a letter to the District Collector, first respondent herein on 28-2-2004 requesting him to issue No Objection Certificate for the purpose of setting up petrol pump in the land purchased in S.No.557-4 to 7 in Fareedpeta village, Echerla Mandal, Srikakulam District, the District Collector so far has not passed any order. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that when such a request was made by the second respondent, the District Collector called upon the Gram Panchayat for its No Objection Certificate and the Gram Panchayat passed Resolution No.88 dated 1- 3-2004 and issued No Objection Certificate for establishing the said petrol pump. If that be the case, the District Collector has to consider the same in the light of the No Objection Certificate issued by the Gram Panchayat and pass appropriate orders within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above observation, the Writ Petition is disposed of at the admission stage. _____________________ A. Gopal Reddy, J. 3rd September, 2004. Js. To 1 The District Collector, Srikakulam, Srikakulam District. 2 The Senior Regional Manager (Retail), Hindustan Petroleum Company Limited (HPCL), Visakhapatnam. 3 2 CCs to G.P. for Revenue, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. 4 2 CD copies.