THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO.19877 OF 1997 DATED: 13-02-2007 Between : 1. Marakada Ganapathi Rao and another. … Petitioners And 1. The District Collector, E.G. District, Kakinada, & others. .. Respondents THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO.19877 OF 1997 ORDER : This writ petition is ﬁled aggrieved by the alleged action of the respondents in trying to dispossess the petitioners from their respective residential houses Nos.34-16-61 & 62 of Mandapet, E.G. District situated in Sy.No.176/1 &2. By order dated 21-8-1997 this Court granted interim stay of dispossession. Though Rule Nisi was ordered on 21-8-1997, no counter-affidavit has been ﬁled on behalf of the respondents opposing the prayer in the writ petition. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and in the absence of any counter-aﬃdavit, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondents not to interfere with the possession of the petitioners in respect of the houses in question without following due process of law. No costs. _____________ G. ROHINI, J. Dt. 13-02-2007 gbs