THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.850 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner feels aggrieved by the letter, dated 14.07.2008, issued by the Tahsildar, Rajahmundry, the second respondent herein, and the consequential endorsement made by the fourth respondent on 08.07.2008. The facts that led to the said proceedings are in brief as under: Smt. Toleti Udaya Lakshmi, who was the wife of late Nageswara Rao, was the owner of the premises in Door No.22-7- 6, Veerabhadrapuram, Rajahmundry. She died issueless on 09.05.2000. The father of the petitioner, by name Sriram Murthy, is the brother of late Udaya Lakshmi. Sriram Murthy had also two daughters, by name Prameela alias Manohari and Jayalakshmi. Obviously, at the instance of the petitioner, the second respondent issued a letter, dated 26.04.2008, to the effect that Udaya Lakshmi died on 09.05.2000. She brought up the petitioner and his two sisters. The sisters of the petitioner also died on 25.08.2004. In a way, the second respondent suggested that the petitioner alone is the surviving member of the family of late Udaya Lakshmi. The fifth respondent is the husband of Prameela alias Manohari, the sister of the petitioner. He raised a dispute in relation to the property left by Udaya Lakshmi. He claims exclusive rights over the property, on the strength of a Will said to have been executed by Udaya Lakshmi on 15.02.1996. Thereupon, the petitioner filed O.S.No.41 of 2008 on the file of the I Additional District Judge, Rajahmundry for the relief of declaration of title and cancellation of Will, dated 15.02.1996. At different stages of the suit, the letter, dated 26.04.2008, issued by the second respondent figured prominently. On a representation made by the fifth respondent, the second respondent issued the impugned letter, dated 14.07.2008, keeping in abeyance, the earlier letter, dated 26.04.2008. Acting on the same, the fourth respondent issued an endorsement, dated 08.07.2008, to the effect that the ownership of the property would be continued in the name of late Udaya Lakshmi. Sri N.Rajeshwar Rao, the learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the impugned proceedings are without jurisdiction and violative of principles of natural justice. The impugned proceedings have the effect of neutralizing the letter, dated 26.04.2008, issued by the second respondent. A perusal of the same discloses that the second respondent has taken upon himself the task of identifying the legal heirs of late Udaya Lakshmi. It was not even a legal heir certificate. Further, it is not a case where the second respondent has certified the natural descendants of a deceased person. Admittedly, Udaya Lakshmi did not have any issues and the petitioner is her brother’s son. Much would depend upon the nature of disposition that Udaya Lakshmi may have given to her property during her lifetime. The letter, dated 26.04.2008, which was addressed “ to whom so ever it may concern” virtually has no legal basis and no legal consequences flow from it. Obviously, because the said letter was being pressed into service as the basis for claim to the property, the second respondent realized and has taken damage control measures. It is true that certain observations were made in the impugned proceedings, dated 14.07.2008, touching upon the merits of the claims between the petitioner on the one hand, and the fifth respondent on the other. The apprehension of the petitioner that they may be taken into account at various stages, can be allayed by observing that the proceedings, dated 14.07.2008, would have the effect of only setting at naught the proceedings, dated 26.04.2008. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, upholding the impugned proceedings, but directing that none of the observations made therein shall be treated as the basis for the claims of the petitioner on the one hand, and the fifth respondent on the other. The rights of the parties shall be determined in the pending suit, in accordance with law. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:23.01.2009 kdl