IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction)

THURSDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT

PRESENT

THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 11449 of 2008

Between:

• District Judicial Ministerial Staff Mutually Aided Co-Operative
• House Building Society Limited, Hanamkonda, Warangal District,
• rep. by its Secretary. L. Ashok Kumar S/o. Venkataiah, Age: 48 years,
• R/o H.No. 1-1-208, Prashantnagar, Waddepalli, Hanamkonda Mandal,

Warangal City & District.

..... PETITIONER

AND

1 The Districtr, Warangal District at Subedari, Hanamkonda, Warangal City & District.

2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Warangal Revenue Division at

Subedari, Hanamkonda, Warangal City & District.

3 The Tahsildar, Hanamkonda Mandal, Warangal District.

4 The Thsildar, Warangal mandal, Warangal District. .....RESPONDENTS

Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ or order or direction specially one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action respondents in not

identifying suitable Government land in the municipal corporation limits of Warangal and its peripheral areas in not allotting the same in favour of petitioner society and also in not making any proposals for the same to the Government for the said purpose as arbitrary, illegal violative of Art. 14 and 21 of Constitution of India and pass

Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.B.NARAYANA REDDY

Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE

The Court made the following :

ORAL ORDER:

The petitioner is Co-Operative House Building Society of Warangal District Judicial Ministerial Staff. The petitioner has been making representations from time to time to the first respondent with a request to allot Government land for the purpose of distribution to its Members as house sites.

The first respondent on one occasion addressed letter dated 6.5.2002 to the respondents 2,3 and 4 with a direction to identify suitable land for allotment to the petitioner. Nothing has materialized and further letter, dated 27.6.2007 was addressed to the respondents 3 and 4 with the similar direction.

The grievance of the petitioner is that though vast extents of government land is allotted to different organizations, their request was not acceded to, so far.

Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue.

The respondents themselves felt that the request of the petitioner is genuine and directions were issued from time to time by the first respondent to identify the land. The consequential action taken in response to the same, however, is not evident. When the Government has allotted different extent of land to the Associations of Government employees and other agencies, there does not exist any justification for keeping the request of the petitioner pending indefinitely.

Hence, the writ petition is disposed of directing the first respondent to accelerate the steps, which have already been taken and ensure that necessary allotment of land is done within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, after proper identification of the Government land. No order as to costs.

___________________ L.Narasimha Reddy, J.

May 29, 2008 MAS/PNV

..... REGISTRAR

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