IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 6472 of 2008 Between: Sri Satya Sai Uvajana Sangham, rep by its Secretary K.Nageshwra Rao, S/o.K.Krishnaiah, aged 47, R/o.Door No. 14-82,Krishna Reddy Nagar, Renigunta Road, Chettipalli Post, Tirupathi, ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep by its Principal Secretary to Government revenue(Assn-iv) Department, Secretariat Bldg, Hyderabad. 2 The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 3 District Collector, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 4 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 5 The Mandal Revenue Officer,Tirupathi Urban, Chittoor District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a writ of mandamus declaring theaction of the 1st respondent in not considering the proposal submitted byl the 3rd respondent in Roc.E1/5188/04 dated 26.5.2005 to alienate the land in Sy.No.74/5 to an extent of Ac.0.19 cents of Akkarampalli Village for construction of the community hall as illegal, improper, arbitary and contrary to law and further direct the 1st respondent to consider proposal submitted by the 3rd respondent dated 26.5.2005 for alienation of land in S.No.74/5 to an extent of Ac.0.19 cents of Akkarampalli Village, Krishna Reddy Nagar, Renigunta Road, Tirupati in favour of the Petitoner's Association by collecting the market value of the said land and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.RAMAMOHAN-MAHADEVA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 6472 of 2008 Order: The petitioner-Sangham states that they are in possession of government land in an extent of Ac.0.19 cents, situated in Survey No.74/5 of Akkarampalli village, and that on the request made by them, the 3rd respondent, namely the District Collector, Chittoor, had sent proposals on 26.05.2005 to the 1st respondent-Government for alienation of the land in question in favour of the petitioner on payment of market value for construction of Community Hall. The petitioner states that till date no action thereon had been taken by the 1st respondent-Government on the said proposals sent by the 3rd respondent, and on the other hand respondent Nos.3 and 4 are seeking to dispossess the petitioner from the land in question. The petitioner states that the 1st respondent-Government, having considered the cases of similarly situated persons/Sanghams, issued G.Os. alienating some extent of lands on payment of market value, but the action of the respondents in not considering the case of the petitioner is illegal and arbitrary. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, and both of them agreed for disposal of the writ petition with the following directions: The 1st respondent-Government are directed to consider the proposals sent by the 3rd respondent, namely the District Collector, Chittoor, for alienation of the land in question in favour of the petitioner for construction of Community Hall on payment of market value and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, expeditiously. Till such time, status quo obtaining as on today shall be maintained by the parties. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 27.03.2008 Ksr/Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{LS}