IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 4815 of 2008 Between: Sreemadvirat Pothuluri Veerabrahmendra Swamulavari Viswabrahmana Sangham, Regn. No.317/86, Brahmamgarimattam, Rep. by its President K. Gangadharachari, S/o. Ramachari, aged 47 years R/o. Somireddipalli Village, B. Mattam Mandal, Kadapa District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Kadapa District, Kadapa. 2 The Tahsildar, B. Mattam Mandal, Kadapa 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, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in the alleged recent re-assignment of some of the house sites given to the members of the petitioner society in the year 1993 even without canceling the assignments made in favour of the members of the petitioner society and even without issuing any notice to any of the members or to the petitioner society and even without passing any orders as illegal, unjust, arbitrary and against statutory provisions including the provisions of A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 and also against Article 300-1A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to follow the said statutory provisions before resuming the house sites of the members of the petitioner society in Sy.No.472 of Smoireddipali Village in B. Mattam Mandal of Kadapa District and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.L.J.VEERA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 4815 of 2008 Order: The petitioner-Sangham states that its members were assigned an extent of 0.03 cents of land each in Survey No.472 of Somireddypalli village, B. Mattam Mandal, Kadapa District, and pattas in respect thereof were also given by the then Mandal Revenue Officer, B. Mattam Mandal, in the year 1993. It is the case of the petitioner that without even canceling the pattas granted to them, the respondents with a mala fide intention are trying to evict the members of the petitioner-Sangham from the lands assigned to them without following due process of law. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner-Sangham and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue. Both of them agreed for disposal of the writ petition with the following directions: In the event, the respondents intend to cancel the pattas granted to the members of the petitioner-Sangham and resume the land in their favour, they shall do so only after following the due process of law and until then the members of the petitioner-Sangham shall not be evicted from the lands in question. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 07.03.2008 Ksr/Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MSN}