THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.7939 of 2006 Dated 20-04-2006 Between: V. Gouri Shankar, and four others. ..Petitioners AND The Mandal Revenue Officer, Vikarabad, and another. ..Respondents. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.7939 of 2006 O R D E R: The first petitioner, who claims to be the purchaser of agricultural land to an extent of Ac.0-07 cents and the petitioners 2 to 5, who claim to have purchased jointly an extent of Acs.2-08 cents situated in Survey No.83/2/E of Yennepalli Village of Vikarabad Mandal of Rangareddy District, under registered sale deeds dated 08-07-2005, said to have submitted a representation dated 16-01-2006 before the second respondent for mutation of their names in the revenue records concerned. Complaining that no action has been taken on the said representation, the present writ petition is being filed. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. It is not in dispute that whenever a person acquires rights in land, Section 4 of the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971 (hereinafter referred as ‘the Act’), provides for intimation of acquisition of rights to the Mandal Revenue Officer within ninety days from the date of such acquisition and such acquisition may include acquiring rights by succession, survivorship, inheritance, partition, Government patta, decree of a Court or otherwise any right as owner, pattadar, mortgagee, occupant or tenant of a land etc.,. and as per the amended provisions of the Act i.e., the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Rules, 1989, he has to make application in Form VI(A) before the competent authority for effecting mutation of his name in the revenue records concerned. In the circumstances, the petitioners are granted liberty to submit proper application in Form VI(A) within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and on filing of such application, the respondents shall, after following the due procedure and after giving due opportunity to the petitioners, who are likely to be effected, pass appropriate orders within a period of two months thereafter. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. ___________________ A. GOPAL REDDY, J Dated: 20-04-2006 Note: Issue CC in three days. B/o ghn