IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO.8800 of 2007 DATED 23-8-2007 BETWEEN P.Seenaiah and others. .. Petitioners And The District Collector, Ongole, Prakasam District and 8 others. .. Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO.8800 of 2007 Oral Order: The petitioners’ father was granted a ryotwari patta under the A.P (Andhra Area) Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948 (the Act, for brevity) on 10.2.1966 in respect of land admeasuring Ac.75.00 in Survey No.357/4 situate at Patakamuru Village, Darsi Mandal, Prakasam District. After the death of the father, the petitioner succeeded to the property. Therefore, they filed an application under Rule 18(2) of the A.P Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Rules, 1989 and Section 4(1) of the A.P. Rights in land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 1971 to the second respondent requesting for necessary alteration in the record of rights and issue of fresh pattadar passbooks. Though such an application was made on 16.10.2006, no action was initiated and, therefore, the petitioners filed the instant writ petition seeking a direction to the respondent. After getting instructions, the learned Assistant Government Pleader does not dispute that the application of the petitioners is still pending. Therefore, having regard to the provisions of the Act and the Rules, whereunder the second respondent is required to give a mandatory notice of 45 days, the writ petition is disposed of directing the second respondent to enquire into the application made by the petitioners on 16.10.2006 for issue of pattadar passbooks and pass necessary orders within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. __________​_____ V.V.S.RAO,J Dated 23.8.2007 Note: Dispatch the order Within one week. B/o msv