IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF AUGUST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.17988 of 2008 Between: Kalidindi Venkata Mallapa Raju & another. … Petitioner AND The District Collector/ Land Acquisition Officer, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam Dist., & another. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners : Sri K. Sarvabhouma Rao Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Land Acquisition This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.17988 of 2008 ORDER:- This writ petition is ﬁled for a writ of Mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in forcibly entering in to the lands admeasuring Ac.0.50 cents and Ac.3.00 cents in Sy.No.4 of petitioner Nos.1 and 2 respectively of Manyapu Chinthuva Village, Rambilli Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, as illegal and unconstitutional. The petitioners claim to be the owners of the abovementioned lands. In this writ petition they contend that on 16.08.2008 at 11.00 a.m. the oﬃcials working under the respondents entered the abovementioned lands without the petitioners permission and took measurements and that when the petitioners questioned them, they replied stating that the lands are proposed to be acquired for the purpose of rehabilitation of the aﬀected persons in connection with Naval Alternate Operating Base (NAOB) for Indian Navy on East Coast in Visakhapatnam District. The petitioners ﬁled xerox copies of pattadar passbooks and copies of pahanies to show that they are the owners of the property in question. If the abovementioned lands belong to the petitioners, the same cannot be taken over by the respondents without following due process of law. Therefore, the respondents are directed not to take away the lands of the petitioners without initiating proceedings under the Act. Subject to the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.23417 of 2008 ﬁled by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 19.08.2008 ES