IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO:12361 of 2005 Between: 1 M.Renuka Devi, W/o.Krishna, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 2 Indrala Laxmi, W/o.Ramanarasaiah, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 3 Alvala Venkatamma, W/o.Somaiah, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 4 Balakshi, W/o.Vishnu, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 5 Chinnam Santhamma, W/o.Danaiah, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 6 Golkonda Anjamma, W/o. Venkataiah, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 7 D.P.Durgamma, W/o.Subrahmanyam Naik, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 8 E.Sarojamma, W/o.Sangappa, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 9 Kande Mani, W/o.Srinivas, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 10 G.Laksmamma, W/o.Jangaiah, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 11 Y.Nagamani, W/o.Suresh, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 12 K.Barathamma, W/o.Bixamaiah, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 13 Dara Amaravathi, W/o.Balraj, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 14 K.Manja, W/o.Ravikumar, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 15 Etikala Anjamma, W/o.Kistaiah, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 16 T.Kamala, W/o.Dathatreya, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 17 G.Anjamma, W/o.Yadagiri, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 18 N.Manohara, W/o.Venkataiah, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 19 Villu Lalitha, W/o.V.Swamy, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 20 G.Laxmi, W/o.Mallaiah, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 21 Repaka Laxmi, W/o.Vemaiah, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 22 D.Balayeeramma, W/o.Yeeraiah, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 23 S.Andalu, W/o.Sathaiah, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 24 B.Lakshmi, W/o.Komaraiah, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. 25 Gote Santhamma, W/o.Yadagiri, R/o.Thatikhana (Thattiannaram) Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, RR.District. Petitioners 1 to 25 all are Coolies. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District. 2 The Joint Collector, Land Protection Cell, Ranga Reddy District. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Hayathnagar, Ranga Reddy District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:MR. K.RAMAKRISHNA REDDY, SENIOR COUNSEL assisted by MR.B.MAHENDER REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: MR. A.SATYA PRASAD, SPECIAL GOVERNMENT PLEADER The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in evicting the petitioners from the land in Survey No.26 of Thattiannaram Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District and proceedings No.E4/2530/05, dated 28.03.2007 issued by respondent No.1 as illegal and unenforceable. In the manner, in which, the writ petition is proposed to be disposed of, it is not necessary to narrate the facts in detail. It would suﬃce to mention that the petitioners were granted pattas for house-sites in the year 2004 admeasuring 60 sq.yards each. By proceedings, dated 28.03.2007, the District Collector, Ranga Reddy declared that all patta certiﬁcates prepared before 28.01.2006, but not distributed and all patta certiﬁcates, which were distributed, but possession was not given before 28.04.2006, are cancelled. The petitioners claimed that not only they were granted pattas, but were also given possession. Sri A.Satya Prasad, Special Government Pleader, who took adjournments more than once to ensure that the dispute raised by the petitioners is amicably settled, reported to the Court that as a special gesture, the respondents are willing to accommodate the petitioners by giving the same extent of land as covered by their respective house-site pattas in the same area. He, however, submitted that in order to regulate planned development of the area, the respondents prepared a layout and are in the process of levelling the land and providing amenities, such as, internal roads, water and electricity connections etc. He, therefore, submitted that the respondents may be given liberty to use the entire land for this purpose for a temporary period. He assured that immediately after the development, the sites, which are equivalent to the extents covered by the pattas of the petitioners, will be restored to them. Sri K.Ramarkrishna Reddy, learned Senior Counsel fairly agreed for this proposal. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of, without going into the merits of the various contentions raised by the petitioners with regard to the validity or otherwise of proceedings, dated 28.03.2007 issued by respondent No.1 in the following terms: 1. The respondents are permitted to develop the lands in the area including the land in occupation of the petitioners; 2. They shall complete such development within a period of two (2) months from today. Immediately, after such development, the petitioners shall be given the land equal to the extent covered by the respective pattas given to them in the same area in which the pattas have been granted to the petitioners. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 25th AUGUST, 2008. Note: issue copy in one (1) week. B/o kvni