IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.13424 of 2009 Between: Naidu Veera Venkata Srinivasulu S/o. Naidu Mallapa Raju R/o. D.No. 12-238, Near LIC Office, Jangareddygudem, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by Tahasildar Jangareddygudem West Godavari District. 2 The Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Inspector, Jangareddygudem Police Station. 3 Sri. Dasari Venkata Satya Vishnu Murthy S/o. Anjuaneyulu R/o. Rajavaram Village, Koyalagudem Mandal, West Godavari District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.V.R.RUDRA PRASAD Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 and 2:AGP FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORDER: In this writ petition, the petitioner sought for a mandamus to declare the inaction of respondent No.2 in providing protection to the petitioner’s possession of land admeasuring Acs.3.00 cents in R.S.No.424 of Kethavaram Village, Jangareddygudem Mandal, West Godavari District, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner and respondent No.3 are engaged in a dispute over the above-mentioned property. The orders of the revenue authorities granting pattadar passbooks and title deeds in favour of the petitioner were questioned by respondent No.3 in Writ Petition No.7727 of 2009, in which, this Court directed status quo as on 17.04.2009 to be maintained regarding possession of the land. The grievance of the petitioner is that when his possession was sought to be threatened by respondent No.3, he gave a representation to respondent No.2 - Inspector of Police, Jangareddygudem Police Station, West Godavari District, to protect his possession, but no action has been taken so far. From the facts noted above, it is evident that there is a serious dispute regarding right over the land admeasuring Acs.3.00 cents in R.S.No.424 of Kethavaram Village. This Court at the instance of respondent No.3, passed an order of status quo to be maintained regarding possession of the land. Therefore, it is not permissible for the petitioner to invoke the jurisdiction of this Court to issue a direction to the police to protect his purported possession. Unless the petitioner’s possession has been recognized by a Court of competent jurisdiction, on his mere claim that he is in possession, the police cannot prevent respondent No.3 from entering the property. Admittedly, no such order has been passed by the competent Court in favour of the petitioner so far, except that he was given pattadar passbooks and title deeds by the revenue authorities. As the said action is subject matter of the writ petition, which is pending in this Court, mere issuance of pattadar passbooks and title deeds cannot be taken as conclusive proof of petitioner’s possession. Therefore, no relief can be granted in this writ petition in favour of the petitioner. The writ petition is accordingly, dismissed. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP.No.17435 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 7th JULY, 2009. kvni