THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W.P. No. 26337 of 2007 Oral order: The petitioners state that their father, namely Chikala Ayyana, was protected tenant of the land in an extent of Acs. 10.00 in Sy. No. 59 of Kongara Kalan village, Saroornagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, and after his death, their names were mutated in the revenue records. While so, they state that they made application dated 17.05.2006 under the provisions of Sections 32 and 40 of the A.P. (T.A.) Tenancy and Agricultural Land Act, 1950, requesting the Mandal Revenue Officer, Saroornagar Mandal (now Ibrahimpatnam), to restore possession and recognize them as successors in interest of late Chikala Ayyana, and it is their grievance that till date no orders thereon have been passed. Respondent No.2, namely the Tahsildar, Ibrahimpatnam Mandal, filed counter stating that they have not considered the application of the petitioners because their father is not a protected tenant, and that the petitioners have not produced any material to show that their father was protected tenant of the property and after his death, they had protected tenancy rights over the property. Therefore, they have not passed any orders on the applications of the petitioners. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue for the respondents, and having regard to the stand taken by respondent No.2 in his counter, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with the following directions: Respondent No.2, namely the Tahsildar, Ibrahimpatnam Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, is directed to consider the application of the petitioners dated 17.05.2006 and pass appropriate orders thereon, in accordance with law, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. __________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Dated: 04th February, 2011 KSR