IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF JUNE, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.18421 of 2005 Between: Pulivarti Nagaiah & others. … Petitioners AND The District Collector, Nellore, Nellore District & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners : Sri K. Muralidhar Reddy Counsel for the respondents : AGP for Revenue (Assignment) This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.18421 of 2005 ORDER:- At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. This writ petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in seeking to assign the land classified as grazing poramboke of Kancheruvu Village, Varikuntapadu Mandal, Nellore District to the third parties, as arbitrary, unreasonable and contrary to the Board Standing Orders. Heard Sri K. Muralidhar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignments). The petitioners, who are the residents of Kancheruvu Village, Varikuntapadu Mandal, Nellore District, filed this writ petition apprehending that the respondents are likely to assign the grazing land to the third parties. On an earlier occasion, in WP.No.17721 of 2000 filed by one Bhogineni Venkateswara Rao, this Court, while disposing of the said writ petition, directed respondent No.1 to order for enquiry into the matter and upon such enquiry to take appropriate steps, if the land in question is a Government poramboke land. In the counter affidavit filed by the Mandal Revenue Officer, Varikuntapadu Mandal, it is admitted that the extent of Ac.70.50 cents and Ac.163.05 cents in Sy.Nos.17 and 57 respectively are classified as grazing poramboke. He, however, denied the allegation that the respondents are taking steps to assign the said land to the third parties. He admitted that the State Government has taken a decision to distribute about one lakh acres of the Government land to the landless poor persons in all 23 districts, but denied the allegation that the land in question is included in the lands proposed to be assigned by the Assignment Committee. Since the respondents have denied the allegation of the petitioners that they are proposing to assign the grazing land to the third parties, the said statement contained in the counter affidavit is taken on record and the writ petition is disposed of as infructuous. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition as infructuous, WPMP.No.23444 of 2005 and WVMP.No.595 of 2007 are disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 26.06.2008 ES