Pulagala Madhana Mohan Rao, v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh, Revenue (Registration - Ii),

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.25386 of 2017 DATED : 01.08.2017 Between :

Pulagala Madhana Mohan Rao S/o.Kannayya, Hindu, Male, Age 47 yrs, R/o.D.No.48-1-2, Gandhipuram -1, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District.

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Petitioner And The State of Andhra Pradesh, Revenue, (Registration-II), Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad, rep., by its Principal Secretary (Special Chief Secretariat) to Government & others. .. Respondents This court made the following :

- 2 - THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.25386 of 2017 ORDER :

It is stated by learned counsel for the petitioner that in a judgment dated 02.12.2016 rendered in W.P.No.9655 of 2016 & batch, this Court directed issuance of prior notice before passing an order of rejection.

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Learned Government pleader did not dispute the said statement of learned counsel for the petitioner. 3.

The operative portion of the order in W.P.No.9655 of 2016 & batch reads as under :

"23) From the above, it is clear that unless there exists a valid reason for rejection, the renewal has to be granted as a matter of course.

24) It is needless to mention that in case if the application for renewal is sought to be rejected, a notice shall be issued to the aggrieved person, giving him an opportunity to explain the reasons thereof.

25) Having regard to the above, the impugned memo, which is made the basis for rejecting the renewal, is set aside and the writ petitions are allowed with the above observations/directions." 4.

In view of the submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Revenue, this writ petition is also allowed in terms of W.P.No.9655 of 2016 & batch. There shall be no order as to costs.

Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this writ petition shall stand closed.

__________________ P.NAVEEN RAO,J 1st August, 2017 Rds