IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA & THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOURTEEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.22568 of 2014 BETWEEN Cheguri Nagarjuna.
AND ... PETITIONER State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad and others.
...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. E.MADAN MOHAN RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following:
ORDER:
Petitioner seeks implementation of a registered document bearing No.2997/2007 dated 07.11.2007 executed in his favour with regard to an extent of Ac.21.26 guntas of Moripirala village, Athmakur Mandal, Nalgonda District.
2. Petitioner submits that he made an application in Form VI-A under the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act (for short ‘the Act’) along with other documents requesting the fourth respondent for implementation in the revenue records.
However, the fourth respondent sought clarification, under Letter No.B/2083/2912 dated 22.05.2012, from the third respondent and till date the petitioner’s application for grant of pattadar pass books is kept pending and no orders are passed. Hence, aggrieved by the inaction on the part of the respondents, the petitioner approached this Court by the present writ petition.
3. Learned Assistant Government Pleader was granted time on three occasions so far to get instructions, but he is unable to get instructions and even today, time is sought for getting instructions.
4. Since the issue involved is only for consideration of application of the petitioner for grant of pattadar pass books, I am inclined to dispose of the writ petition.
5. The letter of the Tahsildar/fourth respondent addressed to the Revenue Divisional Officer seeking clarification itself records that the petitioner’s application in Form VI-A together with a copy of the registered document is already pending. Petitioner also states that prior to him, the vendor of the petitioner was issued pattadar pass books and that all the revenue records fully support his claim for grant of pattadar pass books. However, for no reason, the application of the petitioner is kept pending purportedly for seeking clarification from the RDO. Even assuming that the Tahsildar has sought clarification, which was more than two years ago, there is no information forthcoming as to whether any clarification is issued by the RDO or not. Since the application of the petitioner in Form VI-A is pending for more than two years, it is just and appropriate to direct the Tahsildar to consider the said application of the petitioner on its own merits and pass appropriate orders without further loss of time and in any case, within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. As a sequel, miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed. There shall be no order as to costs.
VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J September 4, 2014
Note: Furnish C.C. of the order today.
(B/o) DSK