IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 14716 of 2008 Between: 1 Kundurthi Ananda Rao, S/o. Madhusudhana Rao D.No. 21-12-167, Anadarao Street, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada-11. 2 KundurthiVenkata Lakshmi Subbayamma W/o. Kundurthi Ananda Rao D.No. 21-12-167, Anadarao Street, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada-11. 3 Kale Sarada Bai W/o. K.V.Ramana D.No. 21-12-187, Anadarao Street, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada-11. 4 Tadi Anjana Devi W/o. Narasaiah D.No. 21-12-115, Ramalayam Street, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada-11. 5 Kunapareddy Radha Krishnaiah S/o. Brahmaiah D.No. 21-12-116, Ramalayam Street, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada-11. 6 Ketharaju Subba Rao S/o. Late Suryanarayana Rao D.No. 21-12-86/C, Boina Gangadhara Rao Street, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada-11. 7 Allada Babu Rao S/o. Veeraiah, D.No. 21-12-116/A, Ramalayam Street, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada-11. 8 Vanteru Tirupathi Rao S/o. Venkata Swamy D.No. 21-12-108/A, Ramalayam Street, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada-11. 9 Eepingalla Hema Latha W/o. Bramhmaiah D.No. 21-12-173, Kundurthi Anandarao Street, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada-11. 10 Anganakuduru Samrajyamma W/o. Koteswara Rao D.No. 21-12-185, Annajirao Street, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada-11. 11 Kakani Rattaiah S/o. Raghavaiah, D.No. 21-12-176/A, Annajirao Street, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada-11. 12 Kakani Sudhakara Rao S/o. Rattaiah D.No. 21-12-176/B, Annajirao Street, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada-11. 13 Kakani Vijaya Lakshmi W/o. Sudhakara rao D.No. 21-12-176/C, Annajirao Street, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada-11. 14 Tammineni Nagamani W/o. Sriramulu D.No. 21-12-179, Annajirao Street, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada-11. 15 Sammeta Pothu Raju S/o. Narasaiah,D.No. 21-12-175, Anadarao Street, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada-11. 16 Boddu Govardhana Rao S/o. subba Rao, D.No. 21-12-178, Annajirao Street, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada-11. 17 V.P.Karuna Nidhi S/o. Pradha Saradhi, D.No. 21-12-138/A, Kedaru Road, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada-11. 18 V.P.Karunanidhi Sakkubai W/o. Karunanidhi D.No. 21-12-138/B, Kedaru Road, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada-11. 19 Anagani Veeraju S/o. Ramaiah D.No. 21-12-146, Kedar Road, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada 20 Gudavalli Rajyam W/o. Nageswara Rao D.No. 21-12-110/B1, Ramalayam Street, Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar, Vijayawada-11. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The State of A.P., Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue (U.C.I) Department, Hyderabad. 2 The Special Officer & Competent Authority Urban Land Ceilings, Vijayawada. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:SRI P.ANAND SESHU Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in regularizing the house plots of the petitioners in their occupation in terms of G.O.Ms.No.455/456, Revenue (U.C.I) Department, dated 29-07-2002 as arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional. The petitioners sought for a consequential direction to the respondents to regularize their occupation of the plots in their respective possession. The petitioners claim to be in occupation of small extents in N.T.S No.7, R.S.No.11/1 of Machavaram Village, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation known as Indira Colony, Madhura Nagar. They claimed that the said property being surplus land under the provisions of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, respondent No.2 issued notices to them to apply for regularization of their unauthorized possession in terms of G.O.Ms.No.455 dated 29-07- 2002, and that in response to the said notices, they have submitted their applications by remitting the prescribed amounts for regularization in January, 2006. The grievance of the petitioners is that despite receipt of those applications along with the prescribed amounts, respondent No.2 has not passed appropriate orders to regularize their unauthorized possession. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties, I find justification in the grievance of the petitioners. Having issued notices and received the applications from the petitioners along with the payments, the obligation lies on respondent No.2 to pass appropriate orders. In this view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.2 to dispose of the applications of the petitioners for regularization, filed in response to his notices issued in the year 2005, if not already done, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. If orders have not already been passed, the petitioners shall not be dispossessed till such time as the orders have been passed. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.19028 of 2008 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:10th July, 2008 vrn