IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 24902 of 2008 Between: Akula Laxmi D/o Narayana R/o Raghavapet Village, Mallapur Mandal, Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Karimnagar District, Karimnagar. 2 The Thasildar Mallapur Mandal, Mallapur, Karimnagar District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or direction declaring the action of the respondent in threatening the petitioner to dispossess the petitioner from the land admeasuring 1 Acre 20 guntas in Sy. No. 270/89 and 2 Acres.00 guntas in Sy. No. 270/90 situated at Raghavapet Village, Mallapur Mandal, Karimnagar district basing on a notice dt 24-7- 2008 and without giving any opportunity to the petitioner and without passing any orders even though she has submitted suitable reply on 6-8-2008 to the said notice, as arbitrary, illegal null and void and violative of Article 14, 19, 21 and 300-A of the constitution of India, consequently direct the respondent not to dispossess the petitioner from the lands admeasuring 2 acres. 00 in Sy. No. 270/90 situated at Raghavapet Village, Mallapur Mandal, Karimnagar District and to pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.VENUMADHAV Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioner ﬁled this writ petition aggrieved by the action of the respondents in threatening to dispossess her from the land admeasuring Ac.1.20 guntas in Survey No.270/89 and Acs.2.00 of land in Survey No. 270/90 of Raghavapet Village, Mallapur Mandal, Karimnagar District basing on notice dated 24- 07-2008. The petitioner claims that she purchased the land to an extent of Ac.1.20 guntas in Survey No. 270/89 and Acs.2.00 of land in Survey No.270/90 of Raghavapet Village and brought the same under cultivation by spending huge amounts and raised sugarcane crop. In the revenue records also her name was mutated and pattadar passbooks were also issued in her favour. But, all of a sudden, the 2nd respondent issued notice dated 24-07-2008 under Section 3 of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act (for short, ‘the Act’) seeking her explanation as to why she shall not be dispossessed from the land in question. It is alleged in the impugned notice that she has violated the provisions of the Act since the lands referred to above which have been purchased by her are the assigned lands. To the said notice, she submitted a detailed explanation stating that the assignments in favour of the assignees were made much before the Laoni Rules 1958 came into force and, therefore, there is no prohibition of sale of the said lands and the purchase of the lands by her cannot be found fault. Apart from the same, it is also stated that she is a landless poor. The grievance of the petitioner is that without considering her explanation, the authorities are now trying to dispossess her from the lands in question. It is also submitted that similarly situated persons already filed a writ petition being Writ Petition No. 3356 of 2008 before this Court, which was disposed of holding that unless and until ﬁnal orders are passed, the respondents cannot evict the petitioners therein. In view of the same, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents submitted that this writ petition also can be disposed of in similar terms since the petitioner had already submitted her explanation and no final orders are passed so far. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed by directing the respondents not to evict the petitioner from the lands in question until ﬁnal orders are passed after considering the explanation submitted by her pursuant to the impugned notice. N.V. RAMANA, J 13-11-2008 ks/msv Note: Furnish CC in three days. B/O ks