THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.9266 of 2011 Dated 26th August, 2011 Between: D.Santhosh Kumar …Petitioner And The Special Chief Secretary to the Government, Government of Andhra Pradesh, General Administration Department (Accommodation), Secretariat, Hyderabad and others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri S.Surender Reddy Counsel for respondents: AGP for General Administration The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not allotting ‘C’ type quarter i.e., Quarter No.C-91 at Patigadda Colony, Secunderabad, to the petitioner despite his eligibility for allotment of the said quarter and the consent letter issued by the existing occupant as illegal and arbitrary. In the counter affidavit filed by the Deputy Secretary to Government (Accommodation), General Administration Department, A.P.Secretariat, Hyderabad, it is inter alia stated that the petitioner applied for both ‘B’ and ‘C’ type quarters and that while he is not eligible for ‘B’ type quarter, the petitioner is eligible for allotment of ‘C’ type quarter. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for GAD placed before the Court a copy of Memo bearing No.C/C-91 & B- 19/PG/901/2011/608/2011, dated 20.08.2011, of the Estate Officer, Hyderabad, which was addressed to Ch.Sai Kumar, Deputy Tahsildar, O/o Estate Officer, Hyderabad, wherein the latter was directed to take possession of the vacant quarters, bearing Nos.B-19 and C-91 of Patigadda Colony within three days, as the previous occupants of the said quarters have not handed over the possession and keys of their respective quarters. The learned Assistant Government Pleader submitted that as the petitioner is eligible for allotment of ‘C’ type quarter as stated in the counter affidavit of respondent No.2, quarter bearing No.C-91 will be allotted to him immediately on taking vacant possession of the said quarter in terms of memo, dated 20.08.2011, referred to above. This submission of the learned Assistant Government Pleader is placed on record and the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent Nos.1 and 2 to allot quarter bearing No.C-91 and handover possession to the petitioner within a period of one month from today. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.11471 of 2011 is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 26th August, 2011 VGB