IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 20563 of 2001 Between: 1 K.Krishna Reddy S/o.late Sri Anki Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 2 K. Raja Reddy S/o.late Sri Anki Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 3 K.Chinnam Reddy S/o.late Sri Bal Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal,Chittoor District 4 K.Thirumal Reddy S/o.Sri Krishna Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 5 K.Subba Reddy S/o.Sri Chinnam Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 6 K.Subrahmanyam Reddy S/o.Sri Krishna Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 7 K.Balakrishna Reddy S/o.Sri Chinnam Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 8 K.Ranga Reddy S/o.Sri Pedda Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 9 K.Ramakrishna Reddy S/o.Sri Pedda Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 10 P.Narsimha Reddy S/o.Sri Yerram Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 11 P.Chinebba Reddy S/o.Sri Yerram Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 12 P.Marakonda Reddy S/o.Sri Yerram Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 13 P.Nadipi Reddy S/o.Sri Yerram Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 14 K.Krishna Reddy S/o.Sri Pedda Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 15 K.Narayana Reddy S/o.Sri Ramakrishna Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 16 T.Dharma Reddy S/o.Sri Tathi Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 17 K.Lokanadha Reddy S/o.Sri Doraswamy Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 18 K.Doorawasulu Reddy S/o.Sri Doraswamy Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 19 K.Niranjan Reddy S/o.Sri Jayarama Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 20 K.V.L.Kameshwari W/o.Sri K.K.Eshwar R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 21 K.Hemachandra Reddy S/o.Sri Sidda Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 22 K.Bujji Reddy S/o.Sri Konda Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 23 K.Jayarama Reddy S/o.Sri Pedda Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 24 K.Eshwar Reddy S/o.Sri Krishna Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 25 K.Srinivasulu Reddy W/o.Sri Ramakrishna Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 26 Smt.K.Kanthamma W/o.Sri Srinivasulu Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 27 P.Yerram Reddy S/o.Late Sri Changa Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 28 P.Nayini Reddy S/o.late Sri Busi Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 29 M.Subbayya S/o.Sri Narsaiah R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 30 M.Ravi S/o.Sri Subbayya R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 31 K.Kantha Reddy S/o.Sri Chinnam Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 32 H.Nageswara Raju S/o.Sri Narayanaraju R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 33 Chakala Jayaramaiah S/o.Sri Muni Ramaiah R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 34 Kum.K.Sumathi D/o.Sri Jayarama Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 35 A.Jannadham S/o Sri Gopal Krishna Murthy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District 36 K.Subbarayudu S/o Sri Yerram Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal,Chittoor District 37 P.Kanna Reddy S/o Sri Yerram Reddy R/o.Sri Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, 32,Neshanuru, Puttur Mandal, ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector . Chittoor 2 The Mandal Revenue Officer. Puttur Chittoor District 3 The District Officer East, Chittoor District. 4 The Forest Ranga Officer Chittoor District. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.K.ASHOK REDDY Counsel for respondents 1 and 2: AGP FOR REVENUE Counsel for respondents 3 and 4: AGP FOR FORESTS The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition is ﬁled for a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in interfering with the lands in possession of the petitioners situated in Paimashi No.202 of Kalyana Venkateswarapuram Village, Hamlet of Neshanuru Gram Panchayat, Puttur Mandal, Chittoor District, as illegal and arbitrary. Though the petitioners have been ﬁghting a long drawn battle for getting the lands in their occupation assigned in their favour on the premise that they are revenue lands vested in the Government, Sri K.Ashok Reddy, learned counsel representing the petitioners, was fair in pointing out judgment and decree dated 31-12-1958 in O.S. No.15 of 1958 on the ﬁle of the Additional District Judge, Chittoor and also judgment and decree dated 05-08-2002 in O.S.No.49 of 1991 on the ﬁle of the Principal Junior Civil Judge, Puttur, wherein the lands in respect of which the petitioners are seeking pattas are held to be private lands. He also ﬁled a copy of judgment dated 04-12-1962 in A.S.No.415 of 1959, which conﬁrmed the judgment and decree in O.S.No.15 of 1958. As, on the petitioners’ own showing the lands in question are held to be private lands belonging to the third parties, the question of petitioners seeking any directions against the respondents in respect of the said lands does not arise. Therefore, the very premise on which the writ petition is founded, namely; that the lands are vested in the Government ceases to exist. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 23rd September, 2008 vrn