THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.7114 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioners claim to have submitted an application on 23.12.2008 to the Assistant Director, Survey and Land Records Department, the second respondent herein, with a request to cause survey of the land admeasuring Acs.5.00 in Survey No.10 of Guttala Begumpet Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District and to fix the boundaries thereof. The grievance of the petitioners is that no action has been taken thereon. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The Andhra Pradesh Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923 and the Rules made thereunder prescribe the procedure for survey of lands and fixation of boundaries. On submission of an application and payment of prescribed fee, the authority concerned has to undertake the survey and fixation of boundaries. The petitioners state that they have made an application way back in the year 2008 and so far, no action has been taken thereon. By any standard, the inaction for such a long time cannot be countenanced. If the application filed by the petitioners was defective, in any manner, the second respondent ought to have informed the same. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing the second respondent to conduct survey of the land admeasuring Acs.5.00 in Survey No.10 of Guttala Begumpet Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, within a period of six (6) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The second respondent shall issue notice to the affected parties and he may require the petitioners to comply with the deficiencies, if any, in the application. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:21.04.2009 kdl