JUDGMENT

The petitioners pray for Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in not receiving and registering the Right Relinquishment Deed of Partnership in respect of land admeasuring Ac.3.32 cents in Survey No.273/A, 274/A, 274/B, 275/A, 275/B in Applipuram village within the limits of Nellore Municipal Corporation as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and for a consequential direction to the 2nd respondent to receive and register the Right Relinquishment Deed of Partnership.

2. The petitioners’ case succinctly is thus:

The petitioner No.3 is the Managing Partner of the 1st Petitioner-Firm.

The petitioners are aggrieved by the action of the 2nd respondent in not receiving and registering the Right Relinquishment Deed of Partnership executed by the petitioners 4 to 9 in favour of the petitioners 2 and 3.

Initially, the 1st petitioner-Partnership Firm was formed with the petitioner No.4, Mr. Mallineni Venkateswara Rao and others under a Partnership deed dated 23.12.1998 to carry on business in manufacturing and sale of rice, broken rice, bran and trading in paddy. In due course of time, the 1st petitioner-Firm acquired an extent of Ac.3.32 cents in Survey No.273/