IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 1816 of 2008 Between: L. Sivarama Krishna S/o China Subba Rao G. Konduru Mandal, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Krishna District at Machilipatnam. 2 the Mandal Revenue Officer, G. Konduru Mandal, Krishna Dsitrict. .....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 issue a Writ, order or direction more particularly one inthe nature of Writ of Mandamus declaringthe action fo the respondents in proposing to dispossess the petitioner from his land in Sy. no. 435/2 admeasuring ac. 0.08 cents of Koduru Village, G. Konduru Mandal, Krishna District without following the due process of law as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently directthe respondents not to dispossess the petitioner from the above said land without following the due process of law. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.J.U.M.V.PRASAD Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 1816 of 2008 Order: The petitioner states that the 2nd respondent-Tahsildar, by proceedings dated 31.08.1982, has granted patta in his favour in respect of the surplus land admeasuring Ac.0.80 cents situated in Survey No. 435/2 of Koduru village, G. Konduru Mandal, Krishna District, and since then he has been in possession and enjoyment of the same. The grievance of the petitioner is that the respondents, without following the due process of law, are now trying to dispossess him from the land in question on the ground that the said land is required for the purpose of allotting house sites to the houseless poor persons under “Indiramma Gruhakalpa Scheme”. Hence, he filed the present writ petition. In spite of granting sufficient time, no instructions are reported by the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue. However, when the matter is taken up for admission today, he agreed for disposal of the writ petition with the following directions: In the event the respondents intend to evict the petitioner from the land in question, they shall do so only after following the due process of law. Till then, the respondents shall not interfere with the possession of the petitioner over the land in question. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 23.06.2008 Nsr