THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.25202 OF 2011 ORDER: The action of the respondents in trying to demolish a portion of the church situated in Survey No.351 at Kanumalla Village, Singarayakonda Mandal, Prakasam District, is under challenge in this Writ Petition as being illegal, arbitrary and in violation of Articles 14 and 25 of the Constitution of India. A consequential direction is sought by the petitioners to direct the respondents not to interfere with the activities of the church. Facts in brief are that the petitioners are members of the construction of church committee on land earmarked for communal purpose. It is their case that plot No.1 which is adjacent to the communal place in Survey No.351 belongs to one Smt. Nadendla Lakshmamma, who voluntarily relinquished her rights in allotted plot by duly executing a relinquishment deed. The petitioners approached the then Tahsildar who, by proceedings dated 26.03.2008, granted permission for construction of a church. Thereafter, the fourth respondent is said to have raised objections that the church was coming in their way of going to the well, and to have threatened to demolish the front portion of the church. Apprehending that the police, in collusion, with the fourth respondent would demolish the church, the present Writ Petition is filed. Learned Government Pleader for Revenue (Andhra and Rayalaseema Areas) submits that any action which the official respondents may take to evict the petitioners from the land in question would only be in accordance with law, that too, after putting the petitioners on notice and giving them an opportunity of being heard. In the light of the submissions aforementioned, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the respondents not to interfere with the petitioners possession over the land in question till action is taken to evict them from the said land, in accordance with law, including after putting them on notice and giving them an opportunity of being heard. However, in the circumstances, without costs. _____________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J September 08, 2011 Note: Issue operative portion by wire at party’s cost. B/O.MD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.25202 OF 2011 September 08, 2011 MD