IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 9306 of 2005 Between: M/s. Navayugua Engineering Company Limited, Having Its Regd. Office at 4-9- 17, Dwaraka Nagar, Visakhapatnam - 530 016, Rep. by its Director Sri C. Sasidhar. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Department of Revenue, Andhra Pradesh,. Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Visakhapatnam District, Visakhapatnam. 3 The Joint Collector, Visakhapatnam District, Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue Writ or Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus and hold the inaction of the Respondents in not considering the representation dated 17-11-2004 as illegal, arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice and consequently direct the Respondents to allot the land to the extent of 850 sq.yards part of Survey No.44 as per the revenue authorities, situated at REsapuvanipalem Village, Visakhapatnam District, Visakhapatnam, to the Petitioner company by disposing off our representation dated 17 November, 2004 pending with the 2nd respondent in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.KOKA SRINIVAS KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court at the stage of admission made the following : THE HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO.9306 OF 2005 O R D E R: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents. As can be seen from the material on record, the representation submitted by the petitioner dated 17-11-2004 requesting for assignment of the land to an extent of 850 sq. yards covered by a part of Survey No.44 as per the revenue authorities, situated at Resapuvanipalem Village, Visakhapatnam District, Visakhapatnam, is pending before the second respondent, the District Collector, Visakhapatnam. In the circumstances, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the second respondent to consider the representation of the petitioner. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the second respondent to consider the representation dated 17-11-2004 submitted by the petitioner and pass appropriate orders, in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such time, status quo obtaining as on today as to the nature and possession of the land-in-question shall be maintained. No costs. _____________ (G.ROHINI, J) Date: 26-04-2005 ghn To 1 The Secretary, State of Andhra Pradesh, Department of Revenue, Andhra Pradesh,. Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Visakhapatnam District, Visakhapatnam. 3 The Joint Collector, Visakhapatnam District, Visakhapatnam. 4 Two C.Cs to the Government Pleader for Revenue, High Court Buildings, A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 5 Two CD copies