HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No. 13371 OF 2009. DATED 21st March, 2011. BETWEEN Turimerla Ramanaiah …Petitioner And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and ors ….Respondent. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No. 13371 of 2009. ORDER: The petitioner has challenged the order dated 14.11.2008 passed by the Joint Collector, Nellore, second respondent herein, wherein and whereby directions were issued to cancel the pattadar pass books issued in favour of the petitioner in respect of the land in an extent of Ac.1.42 cents in Sy.no. 275/6 of Ananthapuram village, Kaligiri Mandal. The learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that while passing the impugned order, no prior notice was issued to the petitioner. He further submits that even in the impugned order, it has been mentioned that notice was served on Sri Kummari Pullaiah, fifth respondent herein, but not on the petitioner as he was away from Nellore. Perused the case file. As the petitioner was never served before cancelling the Pattadar Pass Book issued in his favour, the impugned order cannot be sustained. In view of the abve, the order dated 14.11.2008 passed by the second respondent is set aside and the matter is remanded back to the second respondent to dispose of the matter, afresh, on merits. The parties shall appear before the second respondent on 18.04.2011. The Writ Petition is allowed to the extent indicated above. There shall be no order as to costs. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA Dated 21st March, 2011. Note: CC in a week. (BO) Msnro