IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 2643 of 2008 Between: J. Adilakshmi, W/o. J. Venkatesh Naidu, Vinayak Nagar, T. Sundupalli Mandal, Kadapa District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of A.P. rep by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kadapa Division, Kadapa District, 3 The Tahsildar, T. Sundupalli Mandal, Kadapa District. .....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 pass orders particularly one in the nature of mandamus declaring the in action of the respondents in assigning the Govt. Land in Sy.No. 11/2, 22/29, Akkampalli, T. Sundupalli Mandal under petitioner's possession and cultivation since three decades as arbitrary, illegal, discriminatory, and violative of Art. 14 and 21 of constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to assign the above mentioned Govt. land in the name of the petitioner and grant Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.KASAJAGANMOHAN REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 2643 of 2008 Order: The petitioner claims that she was given land in an extent of Ac.1.24 cents in Survey No.11/2 and 22/29 of Akkampalli village, T. Sundupalli Mandal, Kadapa District, by the respondents on Ek-sal lease. The petitioner states that she has been in possession of the said land and cultivating the same since more than 30 years on the strength of extension of the Ek-sal leases. The petitioner states that she made representation dated 15.06.2007 for grant of patta in respect of the said land to respondent Nos. 2 and 3, and it is her grievance that till date neither any orders are passed on her representation nor she was granted patta. At the request of the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue to get instructions, the matter was adjourned four times. Today, on instructions, she submitted that the representation of the petitioner is still pending consideration before respondent Nos.2 and 3. She further submitted that the authority competent to issue pattas is respondent No.3. In the circumstances, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with the following directions: Respondent No.3, namely the Tahsildar, T. Sundupalli Mandal, Kadapa District, who is said to be the competent authority to grant pattas, is directed to consider and dispose of the representation dated 15.06.2007 of the petitioner and pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law, expeditiously. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 25.03.2008 Ksr/Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{RLD}