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The grievance of the petitioner is that the petitioner-firm has purchased land to an extent of Ac.10.37 cents situated in various survey numbers of Thadi Village, Parawada Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, for the purpose of developing the land into plots, which is within the Visakhapatnam Urban Agglomeration. He filed an application dated 29.02.2012 to the respondent authorities for approval of the layout. He also paid the conversion fee, layout processing fee and development charges to the Government. However, he submitted a representation dated 17.03.2017, stating that the conversion of land from agricultural land to non-agricultural land has been paid to the Government and the said land is already earmarked as residential area, and hence the question of payment of Conversion of Land Usage (CLU) charges would not arise. The 2™ respondent vide proceedings dated 28.09.2016 and 18.03.2017 has recommended to the 1°' respondent authority for release of the layout in favour of petitioner and another. In spite of order dated 27.11.2017 passed by this Court in W.P.No.35675 of 2017, the respondent authorities passed the order dated 17.01.2018, rejecting the claim of the petitioner stating that the lands in Thadi Village, Parawada Mandal are declared as agricultural lands and that the draft master plan prepared by the 2"? respondent is not approved, hence the land usage amount has to be paid by the petitioner and directed him to pay an amount of Rs.42,18,170/- for change of land usage. Being aggrieved by the said action, this writ petition is filed.