IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO.13417 of 2010 Between: G.Ajay Naidu and others. …PETITIONERS AND 1.Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation 2.The Assistant City Planner 3.The joint Collecor. .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO.13417 OF 2010 O R D E R: This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the proceedings No.686/33, 34 and 36/2/8/2010, dated 30.03.2010 of the first respondent – Greater Hyderabad, in rejecting the proposals submitted by the petitioners for construction of stilt and four upper floors at premises No.8-2-686/33, 34 and 36, Road No.12, Banjarahills, on the ground that the petitioners failed to submit the “No Objection Certificate” from the Joint Collector, Hyderabad, as arbitrary and illegal. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Smt Kalpana Ekbote, learned Counsel appearing for the respondents 1 and 2 and learned Government pleaders for Revenue appearing for respondent No.3. The question raised in this Writ Petition is no longer res integra. This Court in Hyderabad Potteries Private Limited V. Collector, Hyderabad District and another[1] and District Collector V. N.Krishna Mohan[2], having considered an identical question, held that the authority cannot refuse to receive the building permission application on the ground of not furnishing “NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE” from the Revenue Authorities. In the light of the ratio laid down in the above decisions, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the first respondent – Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation to consider the application made by the petitioners seeking permission to construct a building in accordance with the provisions of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955, and the Rules made thereunder, without insisting on production of “NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE” from the respondent No.3-Joint Collector. Accordingly the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _____________ G.ROHINI, J JUNE 15, 2010. YVL [1] 2001(3) ALT 200 [2] 2000(3) ALT 225