THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.18985 of 2002 September 30, 2010 Between: G.V.V.Satyanarayana, S/o.Satyanarayana … Petitioner And The Mandal Revenue Officer, Polavaram Mandal, W.G.District And others ... Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.18985 of 2002 ORDER: Petitioner is a resident of Rajampalem village of Polavaram Mandal in West Godavari District. He and his mother obtained ryotwari patta under Andhra Pradesh (Scheduled Areas Ryotwari Settlement) Regulations 1970 (Regulation II of 1970) vide proceedings of the Director of Settlements being A.P.No.57/79-02, dated 16.1.1977. He alleges that at the instance of respondents 4 to 7, respondents 1 and 3 are trying to interfere with the petitioner’s possession and enjoyment of the land. He therefore filed the instant writ petition. Respondents 1 and 2 have not filed any counter affidavit, although writ petition was admitted in December 2002. Third respondent, namely, the Sub Inspector of Police, P.S. Polavaram, filed counter affidavit denying the petition allegations. He also stated that after interim orders of this Court in W.P.M.P. No.23854 of 2002 dated 01.10.2002, he made enquiries and found that respondents 4 to 7 are tribals and have been in possession of the land and that petitioner, who is a non-tribal, is not in possession of the land. Petitioner has not filed any reply affidavit denying the averments contained in the counter affidavit filed on 27.1.2003. Therefore the petitioner has not proved to the satisfaction of this Court the allegation that he is in possession of the petitioner. This Court however hastens to add that if the petitioner is in possession of the land, the respondents 1 to 3 shall not interfere and if there is a threat of dispossession from respondents 4 to 7, petitioner has to approach the competent Civil Court or the Agency Court under the Andhra Pradesh Agency Rules, 1994, and file a suit for permanent injunction. The writ petition, with the above observations, is accordingly disposed of. ________________ (V.V.S. RAO, J) September 30, 2010 YS