Kuravi Venkata Ramanaiah, v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. By Its Secretary,

HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.RAJASHEKER REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2011 OF 2017 ORDER:

The case of the petitioners is that they are in possession of the land admeasuring Ac.177.03 cents in Sy.No.1, 3, 5, 16-A and 42 of Kudithipalli Village, Manubolu Mandal, SPSR Nellore District. While so, the Kudithipalli Shotriyam was held as an Inam Estate under Section 3(2) (d) of A.P.Estates Land Act earlier by the Hon'ble High Court of A.P. and Hon'ble High Court of Madras vide its judgments dated 14.06.1961 and 16.03.1954. Thereafter, when authorities under Inams Abolition Act initiated proceedings applying provisions of the said Act, some of the ryots of Kudithipalli Village filed W.P.No.1730/1980 seeking to declare the Kudithipalli Shotriyam as Estate within the meaning of the provisions of A.P.

(Andhra Area) Estates (Abolition & Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948 and this Court disposed of the said writ petition vide order dated 20.06.1986 directing to take steps for notifying the village as an Estate, if not already notified. Since no notification was issued by the concerned authorities declaring the Kudithipalli Shotriyam as Inam Estate, one P.V.Rama Subba Reddy filed W.P.No.9995/1992 and this Court disposed of the said writ petition vide order dated 11.03.2004 directing the 3rd respondent to finalize the proposals for issuance of notification under Section 1(4) of the Act. Pursuant to the said order, the Government has issued G.O.Ms.No.

16.03.2000 and subsequently a special supplement was issued to the above said notification on 22.01.2005 by the 1st respondent. Though the above said notifications were issued long back, the respondents have not taken any steps to conduct any Survey and Settlement Operations as contemplated under Section 3 of the Act. In spite of representations made by the petitioners on 08.10.2015 and 03.10.2016 to the 5th respondent, the respondents have not taken any steps in pursuant to the notifications dated 16.03.2000 and 22.01.2005. Aggrieved by the same, the present writ petition is filed. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that in pursuant to the notification issued on 16.03.2000, though the 3rd respondent addressed a letter dated 04.03.2010 to the 6th respondent for fixing and conducting the survey operations, no action has been taken, as on today.

Heard the learned Assistant Government Pleaer for Revenue.

In view of the above facts and circumstances, without going into the merits of the case, there shall be a direction to the concerned authority to take further steps in pursuant to the notification issued vide G.O.Ms.No.149, dated 16.03.2000 and also letter addressed by the 3rd respondent on 04.03.2010 to the 6th respondent and take action in accordance with law within a period of six (06) months from the date of receipt of copy of this order.

With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions pending in this writ petition, if any, shall stand closed. _______________________________ A.RAJASHEKER REDDY,J 20.01.2017 dv