( 1 ) THIS writ petition is filed seeking writ of certiorari calling for the records relating to lr. No. 2669/mp2/huda/97 dated 8-6-1399 by HUDA and consequential letter no. G/129/bp/1777/97, dated 19-6-1999, of serilingampally Municipality and P. O. No. G/1/uc/mcs/tps/2000-2001, dated 4-12-2000 , of Serilingampally Municipality and quash the same.

( 2 ) THE facts, which are not in dispute, are that, the petitioners who are 27 in number purchased different extents of land totalling to Ac. 4. 70 guntas from one P. Sarveshwara rao in Sy. Nos. 55 to 59 of Madhapur Village under registered sale deeds. All the petitioners made a joint application for development of the land to the 2nd respondent-Hyderabad Urban Development authority (for short the Hilda ) through letter, dated 4-7-1996. Upon which the 2nd respondent through letter dated 10-6-1997 directed the petitioners to remit an amount of rs. 8,00,000/- towards development charges. Further the 2nd respondent also required the petitioners to submit affidavits that the land in the lay out application is within the urban land ceiling exemptions in terms of G. O. Ms. No. 733 and the total land held by them does not ex