IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 7099 of 2008 Between: Smt.Kalapati Venkatamma W/o.late Pandaiah R/o.Valivedu village Venkatagiri Mandal, Nellore District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Tahsildhar, Srikalahasti Mandal, Chittoor District 2 The Tahsildhar, Venkatagiri 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 of mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or directing declaring the action of the first respondent in trying to dispossess the petitioner without passing orders on the Explanation dated 4.3.2008 in response to Form-I Notice dated 20.1.2008 served on the petitioner on 4.3.2008 under sec.3(2) of AP Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 as illegal, arbitrary, without jurisdiction and further direct the respondents not to disposes the petitioner without following the procedure stipulated under the Act and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.RAGHU Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 7099 of 2008 Order: Responding to the notice dated 20.01.2008, issued by the 1st respondent, namely the Tahsildar, Srikalahasti Mandal, Chittoor District, in Form-I, under Rule 3 of the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Rules, 2007, the petitioner states that she submitted her explanation on 05.03.2008 and it is her grievance that without considering her explanation and without passing any final orders thereon, the respondents are trying to evict her from the land in question. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, and both of them agreed for disposal of the writ petition with the following directions: The 1st respondent, namely the Tahsildar, Srikalahasti Mandal, Chittoor District, is directed to consider the explanation dated 05.03.2008 submitted by the petitioner pursuant to the show cause notice and pass final orders thereon in accordance with law, if not already passed. Till then, 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: 02.04.2008 Ksr/Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRK}