IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 20370 of 2008 Between: 1 Kotipalli Veerakumari W/o.Kotipalli Veera narayana R/o.Tyajampudi Devarapalli Mandal, West Godavari District 2 Shaik Ammajee W/o.Shaik Syed Saheb R/o.Tyajampudi Devarapalli Mandal, West Godavari District 3 Shaik Subhan Saheb S/o.Shaik Syed Saheb R/o.Tyajampudi Devarapalli Mandal, West Godavari District ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The District Collector, West Godavari District at Eluru 2 The Mandal Revenue officer, Devarapalli Mandal West Godavari District .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue an appropriate writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in making eﬀorts to dispossess the petitioners from either lands to an extent of Ac.0.16 cents in RS.No.137/5 and an extent of Ac.0.62 in Rs.No.137/8 an extent of Ac.0.73 cents inRs.No.135/2C and an extent of Ac.2.12 cents in RS.No.137/3 of Tyajampudi villag,e Deverapalli Mandal, West Godavari District as illegal, arbitrary, in violation of principles of natural justice and in violation of Art.14,21 and 300(A) of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to disposes the petitioners from their lands without following due process of law in the interest of justice and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.S.D.GOWD Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following Order: This Writ Petition is ﬁled seeking a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in trying to dispossess the petitioners from the lands admeasuring Ac.0.16 cents, Ac.0.62 cents, Ac.0.73 cents and Ac.2.12 cents in R.S.Nos. 137/5, 137/8, 135/2C and 137/3 respectively of Tyajampudi Village, Deverapalli Mandal, West Godavari District, as illegal and arbitrary. The ﬁrst petitioner is said to be the owner and to be in possession of an extent of Ac.0.16 cents in R.S.No. 137/5 and an extent of Ac.0.62 cents in R.S.No.137/8 of Tyajampudi Village, Devarapalli Mandal, West Godavari District, having purchased the same from one P.Chandramma on 06-12-2005. Petitioners 2 and 3 are said to be the owners of Ac.0.73 cents and Ac.2.12 cents in R.S.Nos. 135/2C and 137/3 respectively of Tyajampudi Village, Deverapalli Mandal, West Godavari District. The grievance of the petitioners is that the respondents are trying to dispossess them from their respective lands without following due process of law for providing house sites under Indiramma Housing Scheme Programme. Hence the writ petition. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and at their request the writ petition itself is being disposed of at the admission stage. Learned Government Pleader for Revenue, on the basis of the written instructions of the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Kovvur, dated 19-09-2008, submitted that neither the lands in R.S.Nos. 137/5, 8, 3 and 135/2C of Tyajampudi Village, Devarapalli Mandal, were notiﬁed for acquisition under Indiramma Programme nor were notices issued by the Government to vacate their lands. In view of the submissions made by the learned Government Pleader for Revenue that the lands of the petitioners in R.S.Nos. 137/5, 8, 3 and 135/2C of Tyajampudi Village, Devarapalli Mandal, were not notiﬁed for acquisition and were not issued notices to vacate their lands, no orders need be passed in the writ petition, and the same is accordingly is closed. ________________ N.V.RAMANA,J Dt:22-09-2008 Usd To 1 The District Collector, West Godavari District at Eluru 2 The Mandal Revenue officer, Devarapalli Mandal West Godavari District 3 Two CCs to GP Revenue, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 4 Two CD copies.