THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No :356 of 2008 DATED:28-01-2008 BETWEEN: Jampana Appala Narasimha Subbaraju & 12 others. ..... PETITIONERS AND The District Collector, Machilipatnam, Krishna District & 3 others. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners; learned Government Pleader for Revenue; and the learned counsel appearing for the respondents. 2. It is the case of the petitioners that they have been allotted small extents of the land for agricultural purpose vide various D- Form pattas granted during the years, 1992 and 93 in various survey numbers of Unikili village, Mandavalli mandal and Vivaka village, Mudinepalli mandal. It is stated that they have brought the said land under cultivation within three years as per the terms and conditions of the D-Form and they have never violated any terms and conditions of the D-Form. It is further stated that they have not violated any of the provisions of the A.P.Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 ( for brevity, ‘the Act’), but however, without issuing any notice and without following due process of law, 3rd respondent is trying to dispossess the petitioners. 3. I am not inclined to express any opinion with regard to the said contentions as to whether the petitioners have violated the terms and conditions of the D-Form and so also the provisions of the Act. However, having regard to the facts and circumstances, if no resumption orders have been passed so far and if the petitioners are in possession of the assigned lands, they shall not be dispossessed without following due process of law. 4. Accordingly, Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________ V.ESWARAIAH,J 28th January, 2008. Tsy