THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.23248 of 2006 ORDER: The petitioners submitted an application to the Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records, the 3rd respondent herein, to cause survey of the lands in Sy.Nos.727 and 732 of Keshampet Village and Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District. Acting on the application made by the petitioners, the 3rd respondent initiated steps. At that stage, the District Collector, the 1st respondent herein, addressed letter dated 16-10-2006 to the 3rd respondent to stop the survey. The petitioners feel aggrieved by the said inaction. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Government Pleader for Revenue, and learned counsel for respondents 3 to 5. Normally there could not be any difficulty or complications in acceding to the request of an individual, to cause survey and fix the boundaries of a specified land. In the instant case, there are serious disputes between the petitioners, on the one hand, and respondents 4 and 5, on the other hand, about the issuance of Occupancy Right Certificate (ORC), under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Abolition of Inams Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’). It is not in dispute that certain proceedings, in the form of appeal and writ petitions are pending, in respect of that very land. Survey of the lands, even while the proceedings, in the form of appeal and writ petitions, over the land; would lead to its own complications, and, in fact, the survey would become redundant, depending upon the outcome of the appeal or writ petitions. The petitioners can renew their request for survey, once the issue, relating to ORC, becomes final. Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of, upholding the impugned order, but directing that, it shall be open to the petitioners to make a request to the 3rd respondent, to survey the lands, once the issue, relating to ORC, becomes final. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ Dt.10-02-2009. L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J. KO