THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.17422 of 2009 DATED: 21.08.2009 Between: Roshan Ali. .. Petitioner. And The District Collector, Karimnagar, and others. .. Respondents. THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.17422 of 2009 ORDER: It appears, the petitioner is an Ex-Serviceman and, in that capacity, he was allotted an agricultural land to an extent of 0.20 gts. in Sy.No.223 situated at the outskirts of Tapapur village, Siricilla Taluq, Karimnagar District, vide letter dated 24.10.1976. According to the petitioner, subsequent to the said allotment in his favour, the Gram Panchayat, Tippapur, has laid a road and constructed drainage through the said land, making the said land unfit for cultivation. Thereupon, he made a representation to the 1st respondent-Collector, Karimnagar, on 16.12.2004 for assignment of alternative land to him in and around Karimnagar, in lieu of the land acquired by the Government which was allotted to him earlier through letter dated 24.10.1976, who, in turn, made an endorsement to the 2nd respondent- District Revenue Officer, Karimnagar, to examine the request of the petitioner and put up file to issue suitable instructions to the concerned authority and, thereafter, on 17.12.2004, on the very same application of the petitioner, the 2nd respondent, in turn, made an endorsement to the 4th respondent-Mandal Revenue Officer, Karimnagar, for taking necessary action as per the availability of suitable land in any village of his Mandal by following due procedure. While so, on coming to know that there is Government land in Sy.No.28 situated at Bommakal village, Karimnagar Mandal, the petitioner submitted applications to the 1st and 4th respondents on 04.05.2006 and 31.03.2007 respectively requesting them to allot the land admeasuring Ac.0.20 gts. in Sy.No.28 situated at Bommakal village, Karimnagar District, but they expressed their inability to allot the same on the pretext that it is Shikam land. The grievance of the petitioner is that an extent of 0.20 gts. in Sy.No.28 was already assigned to one B.Laxman, which is evident in the letter dated 16.05.2006 addressed by the 4th respondent-Mandal Revenue Officer to the 3rd respondent-Revenue Divisional Officer, and an extent of Ac.2.30 gts. in the same survey number was also allotted to Munnuru Kapu Sangham, for construction of Munnuru Kapu Boys Hostel, by the Government vide memo dated 24.10.2006, pursuant to the recommendations made by the 1st respondent-District Collector on the proposals submitted by the 3rd and 4th respondents and, therefore, rejection of his request to allot the land in Sy.No.28, on the ground that it is Shikam land, is illegal and arbitrary. Learned counsel for the petitioner, referring to the letter dated 16.05.2006 of the 4th respondent, which finds place in the material papers filed along with the writ petition, submits that part of the land in Sy.No.28 of Bommakal village, Karimnagar, has already been allotted to various persons and some part of the land is under proposal to be allotted to various purposes. In the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, the Mandal Revenue Officer, Karimnagar, is directed to dispose of the representation filed by the petitioner on 31.03.2007 as per the endorsement dated 17.12.2004 of the District Revenue Officer, Karimnagar, and pass appropriate orders as per law, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. No order as to costs. _____________ C.V.RAMULU,J 21.08.2009 v v