IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 10039 of 2008 Between: 1 Jilani Begum, W/o. Late Md.Abdul Gani, R/o. Mahaboobabad Village & Mandal, Warangal District. 2 Shafunnisa Begum, W/o. Wail Mohammed, R/o.Opt Pan shop, Karimnagar Town, Karimnagar District, (the Petitioners are Rep by their G.P.A Holder Md. Abdul Jabbar) ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Jangaon, Warangal District. 2 The Mandal Revenue Officer/Tahsildar, Raghunathpally, Warangal District. 3 Vonteru Anji Reddy, S/o. Venkata Reddy, R/o. Fathishapur Village, Raghunathpally Mandal, Warangal District. ..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 any Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in not enquiring and in not disposing of the matter relating and in connection with mutations and regularisation effected in respect of a land admeasuring Ac.22-18 guntas in Sy.No.190, 194,196,193 of Ibrahimpur Village, Raghunathpalli Mandal, Warangal District pursuant to the orders dated 7-7-2007 passed by the 1st respondent as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the 2nd respondent to dispose of the matter expeditiously. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.VENKATESWARLU POSANI Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioners claim to be the owners of the land admeasuring Ac.22.18 guntas in Sy.No.190, 194, 196 and 193 of Ibrahimpur Village, Raghunathpalli Mandal, Warangal District. It is stated that the said property was gifted to them by their mother. It is their case that basing on an agreement of sale, the revenue authorities mutated the name of the 3rd respondent in the revenue records in respect of the said lands under the provisions of the A.P. Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971 (for short ‘the Act’) and having come to know about the same, they filed an appeal before the 1st respondent – Revenue Divisional Officer under Section 5-B of the Act. After hearing both the parties, by order dated 7.7.2007, the 1st respondent had set aside the mutations effected earlier and directed the 2nd respondent to enquire into the matter after giving opportunity to the petitioners. He was also directed to maintain ‘status quo’ in respect of the subject matter of the lands. In this regard the petitioners have also made a representation to the 1st respondent in the month of December, 2007 seeking a direction to the 2nd respondent to dispose of the matter as early as possible, in vein. Therefore, they filed this writ petition seeking directions to the 2nd respondent to dispose of the matter. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and perused the material made available on record. After setting aside the mutations effected pursuant to the agreement of sale, the 1st respondent has directed the 2nd respondent by order dated 7.7.2007 to conduct de novo enquiry after affording opportunity to both the sides. But, so far the 2nd respondent has neither issued notices to both the parties nor conducted the enquiry. Therefore, it is agreed by both the counsel to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the 2nd respondent to conduct enquiry expeditiously as per the directions of the 1st respondent and pass appropriate orders. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. N.V.RAMANA,J DT.1.5.2008 msv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Jangaon, Warangal District. 2 The Mandal Revenue Officer/Tahsildar, Raghunathpally, Warangal District. 3 2CCs to G.P. for Revenue, High Court of A.P Hyderabad(OUT) 4 2CD copies