IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY THE ELEVENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN : PRESENT : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE: L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 15732 of 1996 Between: 1. Sri Tadikamalla Ramaiah 2. Sri Kakarapathi Mallikarjuna Rao 3. Sri Dodde Ramarao 4. Sri Salapati Sreemannarayana Murthy 5. Sri Suggula Narasimha Rao 6. Gannavarapu Srinivas 7. Tadikamalla Naga Jyothi 8. Salapati Jahwarlal 9. Perla Sunitha 10. Maram Bhaskararao ..... Petitioners AND 1. District Collector, Krishna, Machilipatnam. 2. The Mandal Revenue Officer, Vijayawada Urban, Vijayawada 3. V.V.Chalapathi Rao, S/o. Late Venkatarao 4. Gunturu Muralikrishna, S/o. Narasimharao 5. Vare Tirupathaiah, S/o. Subbarao 6. Tumuluri Somayya Sastry, S/o. Gurumurthy 7. Danamudi Sambasiva Rao, S/o. Ramaiah 8. Rahiman Khan, S/o. Abdul Sardar 9. Md. Gilani Baig, S/o. Sultan Baig 10. Ankala Jagan Mohan, S/o. Govinda Rao 11. Ch.Nageswararao, S/o. Venkata Krishnaiah 12. Madala Gopalarao, S/o. Late Satyanarayana 13. G.Dhanalakshmi, W/o. Uma Maheswararao 14. G.Juvvet, S/o. Ismaial 15. Mudigonda Koteswararao, S/o. Somaraju 16. Pujyam Nagamani, W/o. Subbarayalu 17. Khaja Siva Prasad, S/o. Radhakrishna Murthy 18. Penamakuri Jagadrakshaka Rao, S/o. Lakshmi Narayana Rao 19. Ventrapragada Veera Sesha Satya Prasad, S/o. Kodandarama Sarma 20. Chamala Srinivasa Reddy, S/o. Gopalaswamy @ Muthareddy 21. Munji Sindanaidu, S/o. Swamy Naidu 22. Ch.Veerabhadrarao, S/o. Late Venkatanarasaiah 23. M.Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Sastry, S/o. Anjaneyulu. 24. K.Chandrasekhararao, S/o. Subbarao 25. T.Satyanarayana, S/o. Venkateswarulu 26. Ch.Venkateswaraswamy, S/o. Late Krishna Murthy. 27. G.Sydulu, S/o. Tirapathi 28. T.Radhakrishna, S/o. Not known 29. T.V.Subrahmanyam, S/o. Not known 30. T.Kamaiah Sastry, S/o. Not known 31. M.H.Harinarayana, S/o. Not known 32. G.L.Narasimha Rao, S/o. Not known 33. M.Guravaiah, S/o. Not known 34. R.Nageswararao, S/o. Not known 35. B.Jayaprakasam, S/o. Not known. (All are R/o. Vijayawada, Krishna District, C/o. M.R.O. Urban, Vijayawada). Respondents ..2.. Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring that the allotment proceedings bearing Rc.H.1744/90 dated. 5-1-1996 issued by the 2nd respondent as illegal and ultravires to the provisions of Urban Land Ceiling Act and Articles 19(1)(e), 21 and 39B and 46 of the Constitution of India consequently direct the respondents not to interfere with the petitioners peaceful possession and enjoyment of the property situated in R.S.No. 7 of Vidhyadapuram, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation. The Petition coming on for admission upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of Sri V.S.R.Anjaneyulu, Advocate for the Petitioners. The Court made the following ORDER: “ The learned counsel for the petitioners filed a copy of the proceedings, dated. 09-09-1997, issued by the Special Officer and Competent Authority, Urban Land Ceiling, Vijayawada and the proceedings of the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Vijayawada, dated. 08-07-2002, which have a bearing upon the possession over the property in question. The District Collector, Krishna at Machilipatnam, the first respondent herein, is directed to file a counter- affidavit exclusively dealing with the possession and present state of affairs vis-à-vis the land in question, within a period of two weeks. Post after two weeks.” ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. The District Collector, Krishna at Machilipatnam. (By Speed Post) Copy to: 2. The Mandal Revenue Officer, Vijayawada Urban, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 3. One CC to Sri V.S.R.Anjaneyulu, Advocate(OPUC) 4. One spare copy. SAH HIGH COURT LNRJ DATED: 11-12-2007 NOTE: POST AFTER TWO WEEKS ORDER WP.NO. 15732 OF 1996 DIRECTION DRAFTED BY: SAH APPROVED BY: DRAFTED ON: 14-12-2007 HIGH COURT LNRJ DATED: 11-12-2007 NOTE: POST AFTER TWO WEEKS ORDER WP.NO. 15732 OF 1996 DIRECTION