IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 6507 of 2008 Between: Chintamreddy Dasaradharami Reddy, S/o. Ch. Jayarami Reddy, R/o. Varigonda Village, T.P. Gudur Mandal, Nellore, Nellore District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Nellore District. 2 The Joint Collector, Nellore District. 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer, T.P. Gudur Mandal, Nellore, Nellore District. 4 The Mandal Revenue Officer (Mandal Tahsildar) T.P. Gudur Mandal, Nellore, Nellore District. 5 The Varigonda Gram Panchayat, Rep by its Secretary, Varigonda Village, T.P. Gudur Mandal, Nellore 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 to issue a writ, direction, order or orders more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not considering the representation of the petitioner dt. 9-3-2007 for allotting an extent of Ac. 0.43 cents out of Ac. 0.86 cents in Sy.No. 469 of Varigonda Village, T.P. Gudur Mandal, on market value in favour of the petitioner as illegal, arbitrary, malafidy and contrary to para of the Board Standing Orders and violation of principles of natural justice and consequentially direct and violation of principles of natural justice and consequentially direct the respondents to consider the petitioner's application dt. 9-3-2007 for allotting the same by granting patta for Ac. 0.43 cents in Sy.No. 469 of Varigonda Village, T.P. Gudur Mandal, on market value in the interest of justice and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.CHANDRAIH NAIDU Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 6507 of 2008 Order: The petitioner states that out of an extent of Ac.0.86 cents of government land in Survey No.469 of Varigonda village, an extent of Ac.0.43 cents merged with his land and he has been using and cultivating the same since long time. The petitioner states that as the said land is useful to him, and is being made use of by him, he made a representation dated 19.03.2007, followed by another representation dated 14.03.2008, requesting the 1st respondent, namely the District Collector, Nellore District, for alienation of the said land in his favour for market value, as the 5th respondent-Grampanchayat had also passed resolution in that regard. While the said representation is pending, it is the case of the petitioner that the respondents are trying to evict him from the land in question. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue for respondent Nos.1 to 4 and the learned Standing Counsel for respondent No.5, and all of them agreed for disposal of the writ petition with the following directions: The 1st respondent, namely the District Collector, Nellore District, is directed to consider and dispose of the representations dated 19.03.2007 and 14.03.2008 of the petitioner and pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law, expeditiously. Till such time, the respondents are directed not to evict the petitioner from the land in question. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 27.03.2008 Ksr/Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{RLD}