IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 16900 of 2008 Between: Nava Chaitanya Mahila Society, Regd.No.1230, of 1998 rep.by its President Smt.A.Rama devi, R/o.H.No.6-57/A,Near Pochamma Temple Syndicate Bank officers colony, Saroornagar,Hyderabad-60, AP ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of AP., rep.by its Principle secretary Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The State Housing Corporation, rep.by its District Manager, R.R.District O/o.District Collector, R.R.District, Lakdikapool Hyderabad, AP 3 The District Collector, R.R.District, Lakdikapool Hyderabad, AP 4 The State of AP.,rep.by its Secretary, Social Welfare Dept., Secretariat,Hyderabad .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate writ or order or direction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the third respondent in not considering the representation dated 3.3.2008 of the petitioner Society as unjust and illegal, and direct the respondents to allot the Houses at Fathullaguda or Karmanghat or Kurmalguda, Bandlaguda, and Badangipet of R.R.District i.e., in Sy.No.58 at Fathullaguda, in Sy.No.73 situated at Karmanghat in Sy.No.80/14 and 15 situated at Kurmalguda, in Sy.No.2,119 situated at Badangipet in Sy.No.30,36/1 and 36/6 Bandlaguda, R.R.District respectively after calling for the records. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.NUTHALAPATI KRISHNA MURTHY Counsel for the Respondents.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : Order: Petitioner claims to be the President of Nava Chaitanya Mahila Society registered in the year 1998. It is stated that the petitioner society is working to bring awareness among its members about the welfare schemes of the government for the weaker sections and it is striving for their upliftment. It is the case of the petitioner society that all its members belong to weaker sections of the society and pursuant to the scheme known as Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana of the Central Government (VAMBAY), its members were asked to pay an amount of Rs.6,110/- through DDs in a phased manner and accordingly some of them paid the amounts but however the same were returned on the ground that the scheme is closed and a new scheme is being introduced by the Government for the construction of the houses. Subsequently, government issued G.O.Ms.No.3 dated 12.1.2005 for construction of 1000 houses in Ranga Reddy District as a pilot project and in the said scheme, though 50 of its members paid the amounts, only 13 were allotted the houses and the remaining amounts were returned. It is stated that as on today there is a new housing scheme introduced by the Central Government known as Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) vide G.O.Ms.No.638 dated 28.8.2007 in addition to the scheme known as Indiramma Housing Scheme. The grievance of the petitioner is that though the eligibility of its members has been found long back, in spite of their asking for allotment of the houses, no steps have been taken by the authorities for allotting houses to its members after collecting the prescribed amounts, which its members are willing to pay. It is also stated that though its members were identiﬁed, the IRIS cards which are necessary in view of the new system for recording the eligible beneﬁciaries were not issued to some of its members and, therefore, it made a representation to the 3rd respondent on 3.3.2008 to provide IRIS cards but so far no action has been taken on the said representation. Hence this writ petition. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and at their request the matter is taken up for ﬁnal disposal at the admission stage itself. The only grievance of the petitioner is that though it made a representation to the 3rd respondent – District Collector requesting him to issue IRIS cards to its eligible members, no action has been taken on the said representation so far. Therefore, without going into the merits of the matter, the District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, the 3rd respondent herein is directed to consider and dispose of the representation of the petitioner society as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of ten weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. N.V.RAMANA,J Dt.5.8.2008 msv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The State of AP., rep.by its Principle secretary Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The State Housing Corporation, rep.by its District Manager, R.R.District O/o.District Collector, R.R.District, Lakdikapool Hyderabad, AP 3 The District Collector, R.R.District, Lakdikapool Hyderabad, AP 4 The State of AP.,rep.by its Secretary, Social Welfare Dept., Secretariat,Hyderabad 5 2CCs to GP for Revenue, High Court of A.P. Hyderabad. 6 2 CCs to GP for Services, High Court of A.P. Hyderabad. 7 2CD copies