THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 20262 of 2011 O R D E R : This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondents in insisting the petitioners to produce ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the District Collector for receiving and considering the application for grant of permission to make construction in premises bearing H.No.16-11-247/1/5/A, Sai Nagar, Moosarambagh, Hyderabad, is arbitrary and illegal. 2. I have heard Sri Sreenivasa Rao Velivela, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri C.Damodar Reddy, learned standing counsel for the respondents. 3. The question raised in this Writ Petition is no longer res integra. This Court in Hyderabad Potteries Private Limited V. Collector, Hyderabad District and another[1] and District Collector V. N.Krishna Mohan[2], having considered an identical question, held that the authority cannot refuse to receive the building permission application on the ground of not furnishing “NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE” from the Revenue Authorities. 4. In the light of the ratio laid down in the above decisions, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent– Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad to consider the application made by the petitioner seeking permission to construct a building in accordance with the provisions of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955, and the Rules made thereunder, without insisting on production of “NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE” from the Revenue Authorities. 5. Accordingly the Writ Petition is disposed of. No costs. _______________ G. ROHINI, J Date: 19.07.2011 kvr [1] 2001(3) ALT 200 [2] 2000(3) ALT 225