IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JUNE, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.13231 of 2005 Between: S. Badraiah & another. … Petitioners AND The Principal Secretary – Revenue, Govt., of A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners : Sri C. Raghu Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Revenue This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.13231 of 2005 ORDER:- At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal. Heard Sri C. Raghu, learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue for the respondents. The only grievance of the petitioners in this writ petition is that their request for allotment of an extent of Ac.4.00 in Sy.No.417 and Ac.5.00 in Sy.No.418 of Jawaharnagar Village is not being forwarded on payment of market value along with proposals dated 28.04.2003 of respondent No.3 by respondent No.2 to respondent No.1. No counter-affidavit has been filed by the respondents. At the hearing, it is not disputed that respondent No.1 is the competent authority to consider the applications for alienation of land on market value. In the absence of any valid justification, respondent No.2 cannot withhold the proposals without being forwarded to respondent No.1. Therefore, respondent No.2 is directed to forward proposals made by respondent No.3 vide his letter Lr.No.Lc3/2615/2001 dated 28.04.2003 to respondent No.1 for their consideration and disposal, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. This order, however, shall not be understood as a mandate to respondent No.1 to allow the applications of the petitioners for alienation of the land on market value. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.16805 of 2005 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 18.06.2008 ES