THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.27319 of 2011 ORDER: Heard Ms Vasudha Nagaraj, Learned Counsel for the petitioners, and Learned Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment) and, with their consent, the Writ Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission. Petitioners, four in number, claim to be cultivating small extents of government lands of around Ac.1.00 each for the past more than two decades. It is their grievance that the respondents have not granted pattas over the lands in their occupation, in Sy.No.421 of Gunjapadugu Village, Manthani Mandal, Karimnagar District, despite their representation dated 14.06.2011 and were, on the other hand, threatening to evict them unlawfully. It is stated, in the affidavit filed in support of the Writ Petition, that petitioner Nos.1 to 3 belong to the scheduled castes and petitioner No.4 to the backward classes, and they are all landless poor. Ms Vasudha Nagaraj, Learned Counsel for the petitioners, would submit that, without passing any orders in writing and without either putting the petitioners on notice or giving them an opportunity of being heard, the respondents were orally preventing them from cultivating and harvesting the standing crop which the petitioners had raised on the lands in question. When the matter came up on 29.09.2011, Learned Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment) sought time to obtain instructions. Today the Learned Government Pleader submits that, despite her best efforts, no information could be obtained since no officers are available. Since a standing crop is said to have been raised on the lands in question, I consider it appropriate to direct the respondents not to prevent the petitioners from entering into the lands for the limited purpose of carrying on agricultural operations and, thereafter, harvesting the standing crop already raised by them. It is made clear that this order shall not preclude the respondents, thereafter, from taking action in accordance with law to have the petitioners evicted from the government lands in question. The Writ Petition stands disposed of accordingly. However, in the circumstances, without costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J Date:30.09.2011 Note:Furnish copy by tomorrow. bo usd