IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 12801 of 2008 Between: 1 Grandhi Chandra Sekhara Rao, S/o. Veeraiah, R/o. Yeeragondapalem (V&M), Prakasam District. 2 Kakumanu Hanumantha Rao, S/o. Venkata Ramaiah, R/o. Yeeragondapalem (V&M), Prakasam District. 3 Kandagatla Narasimha Rao, S/o. Lakshminarasaiah, R/o. Yeeragondapalem (V&M), Prakasam District. 4 N.P. Veeraiah, S/o. Palanki Veeraiah, R/o. Yeeragondapalem (V&M), Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by Principal Secretary to Revenue Department, Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Prakasam District at Ongole. 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer-Cum-Land Acquisition Officer, Markapur, Prakasam District. 4 The Tahsildar, Thripuranthakam Mandal, Prakasam District. .....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 to issue a Writ , order or direction more partiuclarly one int he nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in insisting the petitioners to vacate from their site properties covered by Survey Number 190/A1A of Dupadu Village for providing house sites to the Weaker section people without following due process of law by acquiring the same and paying compensation as illegal, irregular, arbitrary, without jurisdiction and offends articles 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondents not to dispossess the petitioners from their site properties otherwise than due procedure established by law and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.NIMMAGADDA SATYANARAYANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 12801 of 2008 Order: The petitioners claim to be purchasers of lands admeasuring 360 Sq. Yards, 240 Sq. Yards, 240 Sq. Yards and 240 Sq. Yards respectively, situated in Survey No.190/A1A of Dupadu village, Tripurantakam Mandal, Prakasam District, under different registered sale deeds for construction of dwelling houses. The grievance of the petitioners is that the respondents, without following the due process of law, are trying to evict them from the lands in question on the ground that the said lands are required for the purpose of allotting house sites to the houseless poor persons under “Indiramma Gruhakalpa Scheme”. Hence, they filed the present writ petition. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, and both of them agreed for disposal of the writ petition with the following directions: In the event the respondents intend to evict the petitioners from the lands 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 petitioners over the lands in question. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 20.06.2008 Nsr