IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 17933 of 2004 Between: M. Ravindra Nath Reddy, S/o. M.V. Ramana Reddy, R/o. 323, M.L.A's Colony, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad - 500 034. ..... PETITIONER AND M/s. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, Parisrama Bhavanam, 5-9-58/B, 3rd Floor, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad - 500 004. .....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 a Writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondent in not dispossessing off petitioner’s complaint dated 19-2-2004 as arbitrary and further direct the Respondent to dispose of petitioner’s complaint dated 19-2-2004 expeditiously preferably within one month. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.B.V.KRISHNA RAO Counsel for the Respondent: -- The Court at the admission stage made the following: ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the material on record. The only grievance of the petitioner is that though a complaint has been made as long back as on 19.02.2004, the respondent herein failed to take any action so far. It is to be noted that the respondent is an authority constituted under the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 (for short ‘the Act’) and the complaint made by the petitioner is required to be considered and disposed of in accordance with the procedure prescribed under the Ac t. The petitioner also placed before me a copy of the letter addressed by the respondent dated 03.03.2004, whereunder the receipt of the complaint from the petitioner has been acknowledged and it is stated that the respondent authorities have taken up the matter with the Oriental Insurance Company Limited. If that be so, it would be appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondent to consider the complaint of the petitioner dated 19.02.2004 and to pass appropriate orders in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _______________ 05.10.2004 Note: Furnish CC in one week (b/o) VGB To 1 M/s. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, Parisrama Bhavanam, 5-9-58/B, 3rd Floor, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad - 500 004. 2 2CD copies