COMMON ORDER:

Heard Sri V.Ravi Kiran Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Krishna Reddy Putta, learned Standing Counsel for Municipalities appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 3 in all the writ petitions.

2. The present Writ Petitions have been filed to issue any appropriate Writ, Order or direction more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the proceedings issued by the respondent No.4 directing the petitioners to submit consent for holding possession of respective shops situated at Rani Sathiji Road, Vinayak Chowk, Adilabad for a further period of 3 years w.e.f. 01.08.2012 to 31.07.2015 fixing the rents retrospectively @ Rs. 6750/- per month from 01.08.2012 and for not executing a registered lease deed for the above said period and locking the premises without notice is wholly illegal, unjustified, contrary to the provisions of AP Municipalities Act, 1965 and also contrary to amendments brought to the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities (Regulation of Receipts and Expenditure) Rules, 1968 issued by the Government vide G.O.Ms.No.56, Municipal Administration and Urban Development (J1) Department, dated 05.02.2011 and set aside the same.

3. When the matter was initially taken up on 13.11.2013, this Court passed the following order:

“…The shop rooms belonging to the petitioner be forthwith released from the seizure affected by Adilabad Municipality. However, the petitioner is required to clear the arrears of enhanced amount from August 2011 onwards within a maximum period of 30 days from today, if not already cleared…”

4. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, Mr.V.Ravi Kiran, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners, contends that all the arrears have been paid by the petitioners.

5. Per contra, Sri Putta Krishna Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for Municipalities contends that the revised rentals have not been fully paid.

6. In that view of the matter, since it is stated that the total arrears are paid as directed by this Court and fresh lease deeds have also been executed by continuing the petitioners in W.P.Nos.32470, 32469 and 32471 of 2013 in respect of Shop Nos.6, 2 and 7, situated at Rani Sathiji Road, Vinayak Chowk, Adilabad which is valid up to 31.12.2027 and in view of the submission made by the learned Standing Counsel that revised rentals are not paid, the respondent-Municipality is at liberty to issue notice to the petitioners and take further action, by following due process of law, in the event revised rentals are not paid. However, if the petitioners have cleared all the rentals at the revised rate, the respondents are directed to consider the request of the petitioners to execute proper register lease deeds as per the mutually agreed terms and conditions.

7. With the above said observation and direction, these Writ Petitions are disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs.

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