IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B. SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2070 of 2006 Between: Madugula Bikshapathi and others ... PETITIONERS a n d The District Collector, Ranga Reddy district and others … RESPONDENTS ORDER: This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners, who are five in number seeking Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in trying to take forcible possession and interfering with their enjoyment of lands admeasuring Ac.5.34 guntas comprising Sy.Nos.283/49, 283/85 and 283/84 of Abdullapur village, Hayathnagar mandal, Ranga Reddy district as illegal and arbitrary. 2. The petitioners’ case is that they are in possession of Ac.5- 34 guntas of land in Sy.Nos.283/49, 283/85 and 283/84 of Abdullapur village, Hayatnagar mandal, Ranga Reddy district. It is the grievance of the petitioner that the respondents are trying to dispossess them without following the due process of law. For better understand of the grievance of the petitioner, I deem it appropriate to refer paragraph No.5 of the affidavit, which reads as hereunder: “I respectfully submit that as we are residing separately and enjoying our respective lands, the respondents granted pattas individually. I submit that in view of rapid development in the surroundings of Hyderabad city and also in view of abnormal increasing of land rates in Ranga Reddy district, the possession of the above said lands by my family has become an eye-sore to the land encroachers and grabbers. The revenue officials also one pretext or the other are threatening us that they will assign these lands in favour of others, on whom they have interest. With this object the respondents and their staff started harassing by deputing their staff for conducting various survey in the guise that the Government is proposing to take forcible possession of our patta lands. I submit that recently on 24-01-2006 and on 27- 01-2006 the staff of the 3rd respondent office have forcibly entered into our patta lands and conducted the survey as the Government is proposing to take over these lands. When the same was questioned by myself, the staff of the 3rd respondent threatened that they will cancel the patta certificates and resume the land without issuing any notice and without following the procedure in view of specific instructions received from the office of the 1st respondent.” 3. Rule nisi came to be issued on 10-02-2006 and interim stay of dispossession also came to be passed on the even date vide W.P.M.P.No.2516 of 2006. 4. Heard learned counsel appearing for the parties. 5. The limited grievance of the petitioners’ is that the respondents are contemplating to dispossess them from the lands in their occupation without following the due process of law. 6. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to follow due process of law in the event of the lands which are in occupation of the petitioners are required to be acquired for any public purpose. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________________ B. SESHASAYANA REDDY, J August 04, 2010. PN THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B. SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2070 of 2006 August 04, 2010