IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESADAY, THE SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 15936 of 2008 Between: Eamani Emmanuel S/o. Chintaiah R/o. Gullapalli Village, Cherukupalli Mandal, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Guntur, Guntur District. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Tenali, Guntur District. 3 The Tahsildar, Cherukupalli Mandal, Guntur District. 4 The Panchayat Secretary, Gullapalli Panchayat, Cherukupalli Mandal, Guntur 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 to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents to provide alternative equal valuable land to the land occupied in Survey No.161 admeasuring 0.31 cents situated at Gullapalli Village, Cherukupalle Mandal, Guntur District or to pay the compensation on the basis of market value with damages and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.RAMA KOTESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following Order: This Writ Petition is ﬁled by the petitioner seeking a direction to the respondents to provide alternative equal valuable land in respect of the land occupied by them to lay road in Sy.No.161 admeasuring Ac.0.31 cents situated at Gullapalli Village, Cherukupalle Mandal, Guntur District, or in the alternative to pay compensation at the market value along with damages. It is the case of the petitioner that since 1963 his father was in possession of Government poramboke land admeasuring Ac.0.31 cents in Sy.No.161 situated at Gullaplli Village, Cherukupalle Mandal, Guntur District, and was paying tax since then. The petitioner states that he belongs to scheduled caste and he does not have any alternative land to maintain his family. At the instance of the local MLA, the petitioner’s land was taken to lay the road and in the alterative he was neither provided alternative site nor was paid compensation and, therefore, he made representation to the third respondent on 28-06-2008. The grievance of the petitioner is that so far the respondents had not disposed of the said representation. Hence the writ petition. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and at their request, the main writ petition itself is being disposed of. The material produced by the petitioner along with the writ petition before this Court, namely the cist receipts, prima facie go to show that the petitioners are paying tax, and are in possession of the land. Be that as it may, having regard to the fact that the representation dated 28-06-2008, made by the petitioner for grant of alternative land, is pending consideration with the respondents, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with the following directions: The third respondent-Tahsildar, Cherukupalli Mandal is directed to consider and dispose of the representation of the petitioner dated 28-06-2008, and pass appropriate orders thereon, expeditiously. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ________________ N.V.RAMANA,J Dt:02-09-2008 usd To 1 The District Collector, Guntur, Guntur District. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Tenali, Guntur District. 3 The Tahsildar, Cherukupalli Mandal, Guntur District. 4 The Panchayat Secretary, Gullapalli Panchayat, Cherukupalli Mandal, Guntur District. 5 Two CCs to GP for Revenue, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 6 Two CD copies