IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 13570 of 2008 Between: 1 Mr. Ashish Gupta S/o. Raj Kumar Agarwal 2 Mr. Kapil Gupta S/o. Shiva Kumar Gupta 3 Mr. Rajkumar Agarwal S/o. Roop Lal Agarwal ( All are rep. by their G.P.A.Holder Shiv Kumar Gupta, S/o. Roop Lal Agarwal, aged about 70 years, Occ: Business). (All arre R/o. 401 &B, Wing, Sangeeta Tower, Behind Vijay Vihar CHS, Sion Trombay Road, Chembur, Mumbai-400 071 ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Medchal Mandal, Ranga Reddy district. 2 The district Collector, Ranga Reddy District at Lakdikapul, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring the action of the 1st respondnet in not issuing dupplicate pass books and title deeds to the petitioners in respect of their lands admeasuring Ac.1-01 guntas in Sy.No. 138/2, Ac.1-08 guntas in Sy.No. 138/2 and the land admeasuring Ac. 1-25 guntas in Sy.No. 139/A/1, situated at Kandlakoi Village, Medchal Mandal, Ranga Reddy district, as arbitraru and illegal and consequently direct the respondents to issue duplicate pass books and title deeds in favour of teh petitioners in respect of their landas, and grant such other relief as it deems fit in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.V.VENKATARAMANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.13570 OF 2008 ORAL ORDER: The main grievance of the petitioners in this writ petition is that when their original pattadar passbooks and title deeds in respect of the lands in question were lost, they approached the first respondent-Mandal Revenue Officer, Medchal Mandal, Ranga Reddy District and filed an application dated 15.11.2007 along with the requisite challan requesting him to issue duplicate pattadar passbooks and title deeds but so far no action thereon had been taken. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, and both of them agreed for disposal of the writ petition at the stage of admission with the following directions: The first respondent, namely, the Mandal Revenue Officer, Medchal Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, is directed to consider and dispose of the application dated 15.11.2007 filed by the petitioners for issuance of duplicate pattadar passbooks and title deeds in respect of the lands in question and pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law expeditiously, 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. ______________ N.V.RAMANA, J. Date: 27.06.2008 VGSR